'Cooperative' definitions:
Definition of 'cooperative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative]
adjective
Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort" [ant: uncooperative]
adjective
Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement [syn: accommodative, cooperative]
noun
A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners [syn: cooperative, co-op]
noun
An association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
Definition of 'Cooperative'
From: GCIDE
- Cooperative \Co*["o]p"er*a*tive\, a. Operating jointly to the same end. [1913 Webster]
- Cooperative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members.
- Cooperative store, a store established by a cooperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cooperative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompanying,
- accordant,
- acquiescent,
- affirmative,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- alacritous,
- alliance,
- amenable,
- amicable,
- answerable,
- ardent,
- assemblage,
- associate,
- associated,
- association,
- at one,
- at one with,
- axis,
- band,
- beneficent,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- bloc,
- body,
- boutique,
- Bund,
- chain store,
- co-op,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- coadunate,
- coalition,
- coefficient,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coherent,
- coincident,
- coinciding,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collectivist,
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- college,
- collusive,
- combination,
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- commensal,
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- common,
- common market,
- communal,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- commutual,
- compatible,
- compliant,
- concerted,
- concession,
- concomitant,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
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- congenial,
- congruent,
- congruous,
- conjoint,
- conniving,
- consentaneous,
- consentient,
- consenting,
- consilient,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- conspiratorial,
- consumer cooperative,
- content,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative society,
- coordinate,
- corps,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- council,
- countinghouse,
- country store,
- coworking,
- credit union,
- customs union,
- department store,
- dime store,
- discount house,
- discount store,
- disposed,
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- group,
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- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inaccordance,
- inclined,
- inharmony,
- joint,
- kind,
- kindly,
- kindly-disposed,
- league,
- like-minded,
- machine,
- magasin,
- mail-order house,
- market,
- mart,
- meeting,
- minded,
- mob,
- mutual,
- neighborly,
- noncompetitive,
- of a piece,
- of like mind,
- of one mind,
- on all fours,
- parasitic,
- partnership,
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- political machine,
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- positive,
- post,
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- receptive,
- reciprocal,
- reconcilable,
- responsive,
- retail store,
- ring,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- salon,
- saprophytic,
- self-consistent,
- shop,
- social,
- socialistic,
- societal,
- society,
- store,
- supermarket,
- symbiotic,
- synchronized,
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- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- tractable,
- trading post,
- unanimous,
- uncompetitive,
- uniform,
- union,
- unisonant,
- unisonous,
- united,
- uniting,
- variety shop,
- variety store,
- warehouse,
- wareroom,
- well-affected,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- well-intentioned,
- well-meaning,
- well-meant,
- wholesale house,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- zealous
Words containing 'Cooperative'
- Cooper,
- Cooperant,
- Cooperate,
- Cooperated,
- Cooperating,
- Cooperation,
- Cooperator,
- Coopered,
- Coopering,
- cooperatively,
- cooperativeness,
- Cooper City,
- Cooper County,
- Cooper Landing,
- Cooper beech,
- Cooper's flag,
- Cooper, MO,
- Cooper, TX,
- Cooperative society,
- Cooperative store,
- cooper union,
- cooper's hawk,
- frank cooper,
- gary cooper,
- peter cooper,
- Cooper City, FL,
- Cooper County, MO,
- Cooper Landing, AK,
- james fenimore cooper,
- cooper union for the advancement of science and art