cooperative
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- helpful, accommodating, obliging, onside (informal), responsive, supportive
- shared, collective, combined, joint

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Antonyms: counteractive
Contrasted words: competitive, emulous, rivaling, vying, antagonistic, conflicting, oppugnant
Related Words: collaborative, concerted, noncompetitive, uncompetitive

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. co‧op‧e‧ra‧tive¹ AC (also co-operative British English) /kəʊˈɒpərətɪv $ koʊˈɑːp-/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: operation, cooperation, operative, cooperative, operator; adjective: operational, operative, cooperative ≠ uncooperative; verb: operate, cooperate; adverb: operationally, cooperatively]
[Word Family: noun: cooperation, cooperative; verb: cooperate; adverb: cooperatively ≠ UNCOOPERATIVELY; adjective: cooperative ≠ uncooperative]

1. willing to cooperate Synonym : helpful Antonym : uncooperative:
He was doing his best to be cooperative.
a cooperative witness

2. made, done, or operated by people working together:
a co-operative venture between the City Council and the police

3. a cooperative store, bank etc is operated by people working together as a cooperative:
a co-operative store in a provincial town
—cooperatively adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. cooperative² (also co-operative British English) noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: operation, cooperation, operative, cooperative, operator; adjective: operational, operative, cooperative ≠ uncooperative; verb: operate, cooperate; adverb: operationally, cooperatively]
[Word Family: noun: cooperation, cooperative; verb: cooperate; adverb: cooperatively ≠ UNCOOPERATIVELY; adjective: cooperative ≠ uncooperative]
a business or organization owned equally by all the people working there Synonym : co-op:
a women-only housing co-operative
a workers’ co-operative

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cooperative
noun
ADJ. community, worker | agricultural, farmer/farming | production
VERB + COOPERATIVE form | run sth as The family business is now run as a cooperative.

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