cooperation

[koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn] / koʊˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /

NOUN

mutual effort

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aid assistance collaboration participation partnership service unity

STRONG

alliance cahoots coaction coalition combination communion company concert concurrence confederacy confederation conspiracy federation fusion give-and-take harmony help helpfulness logrolling partisanship reciprocity responsiveness society symbiosis synergism synergy teamwork unanimity union

WEAK

coadjuvancy combined effort confunction doing business with esprit de corps playing ball teaming

Antonyms

STRONG

antagonism disagreement discord disunion disunity division divorce hostility management separation

WEAK

blockage delay encumbrance hindrance obstruction prevention stoppage

Example Sentences

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Castro Espín talked for nearly an hour recounting details of cooperation between the Cuban and U.S. governments going back several administrations that surprised Deare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Ambassador Ronald Johnson wrote on X that he wished him “every success” as the U.S. and Mexican governments work to “advance the historic cooperation led by” Presidents Trump and Sheinbaum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"These findings paint a picture of dynamic interactions shaped by both cooperation and competition."

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

So did the fact that Burke had ended cooperation with the FBI into the investigation, much to the ire of many Long Island cops.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

While human evolution was crawling at its usual snail’s pace, the human imagination was building astounding networks of mass cooperation, unlike any other ever seen on earth.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

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