COLLABORATION Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

collaboration

noun

Definition of collaboration

as in partnership

the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) a documentary film on the battle that was produced in collaboration with a society of historical reenactors

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in coordination

the work and activity of a number of persons who individually contribute toward the efficiency of the whole our collaboration produced a better result than any of us could have achieved alone

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

noncooperation

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of collaboration The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026 The collaboration is part of a broader strategy to introduce the 50-year-old house to new consumers while building on recent commercial gains. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 For now the collaboration is geared toward middle and high school students, with a focus on the latter, in a few partner Y locations (not yet specified). — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Efforts to breathe new life into the activist organization began in advance of last year’s Terra Madre Americas, hosted by Visit Sacramento in collaboration with Slow Food International. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Nick Bear and members of a Wabanaki drum circle perform on Cadillac Mountain annually as part of this collaboration. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 The show is an Acast Originals production made in collaboration with Tiny Reparations and Incognegro. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 With the nation’s electricity demand skyrocketing, SunZia’s collaboration with conservationists may offer a blueprint for getting more megaprojects built. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026 The mayor responded to that question by highlighting some of his achievements in that had the support and collaboration of the City Council. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaboration

Noun

This month, it was reported that KFC ended its roughly four-decade-long partnership with Pepsi in favor of rival Coca-Cola.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
But Finch then offered some perspective on the process that Adebayo and Antetokounmpo are currently going through early in their on-court partnership.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of partnership

Noun

For example, the law presumes that coordination is taking place if a candidate’s family member is running an independent expenditure committee supporting that same candidate.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Medical device changes require coordination with clinical teams, biomedical engineering and manufacturers.

— Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of coordination

Noun

Authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un has taken a hard line toward Seoul and has suspended virtually all dialogue and cooperation with the South in recent years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Talks would focus on cooperation in energy, nuclear plants, sustainable mining and the defense industry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of cooperation

Noun

Letters could sustain relationships between people separated by oceans, and sometimes those relationships achieved an intimacy unavailable to people who occupied the same rooms.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
But the relationship was bound to disappoint, given Vucic’s high hopes.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of relationship

Noun

The association remained after accounting for whether patients completed radiation on time, suggesting that on-time completion may not fully explain the difference.

— Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Mike Elliott, senior director of Banner Sports Medicine High Performance Center, told Banner Health that most of the available research is observational and shows association rather than direct cause.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of association

Noun

Into the early 1950s, recent Chinese immigrants with any potential Communist affiliation were detained on Ellis Island or deported to Red China.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
In the latest polling, 52% of Catholics said moderate alcohol consumption is bad for health, alongside 56% of adults with no religious affiliation and 48% of Protestants.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of affiliation

Noun

Tonight’s Venus cazimi could clarify which connections or future plans still genuinely excite you.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
Future vehicles will also be able to check their electrical connections during assembly, potentially eliminating a final electrical validation step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026