Co-operative Synonyms, Co-operative Antonyms

Synonyms for co-operative

adj understanding, recognizing worth

Antonyms for co-operative

Word Origin & History

also co-operative, c.1600, from Late Latin cooperat-, past participle stem of cooperari (see cooperation) + -ive. Political economy sense is from 1808, from the pre-Marx communist movement. The noun meaning "a cooperative store" is from 1883; meaning "a cooperative society" is from 1921.

Example Sentences for co-operative

A vast number of small holdings, State-created, with co-operative working.

You'll find him most co-operative, I'm sure, but he's answerable directly to me in all matters.

Men had yet to learn that railways could be co-operative as well as competitive.

But the local associations are the vital units in any co-operative movement.

Besides, co-operative or joint-stock enterprises are becoming common.

As to the cost of this co-operative plant—it was in the neighborhood of $200.

The result of this, for the co-operative movement, was the closing of the market.

He was not convinced of the higher spirituality of co-operative hermitages.

Second, the co-operative efforts of the people are essential.

But as we understand, that difficulty is to be solved by co-operative, or composite, housing?