SYNERGY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

synergy

noun

Definition of synergy

as in partnership

the increased effectiveness that results when two or more people or businesses work together A synergy has developed among the different groups working on this project.

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

noncooperation

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Recent Examples of synergy That axe will have to come to Skydance soon, though Kirez insisted Thursday that most of the $6 billion in synergies will not come from staff reductions. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 And the club never replaced the synergy provided by Angel Zerpa, Taylor Clarke, Evan Sisk and Jonathan Bowlan among others. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 Lauder operates its travel-retail activity in synergy with the domestic business units, looking at the whole consumer journey. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The core [cable programming] businesses eroded faster than the synergies could be piled on. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for synergy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for synergy

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

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

Definition of collaboration

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

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

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