Antonyms for cooperative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv


Definition of cooperative

Origin :
  • also co-operative, c.1600, from Late Latin cooperat-, past participle stem of cooperari (see cooperation) + -ive. Political economy sense is from 1808, from the pre-Marx communist movement. The noun meaning "a cooperative store" is from 1883; meaning "a cooperative society" is from 1921.
  • adj joint, unified
  • adj helpful
Example sentences :
  • United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Then came the cooperative societies, supplying the army with food.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • He hoped to install a cooperative laundry in connection with the creamery.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick
  • The large majority of Russian cooperative societies are rural.
  • Extract from : « Rural Problems of Today » by Ernest R. Groves
  • Our company is cooperative; we paying no cash for advertising.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • On its cooperative dial glow the twelve signs of the zodiac.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • So he set himself to work out a plan for a cooperative business.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • They are going with him to help him set up a sort of cooperative boarding-house.
  • Extract from : « Annie Kilburn » by William Dean Howells
  • There were also special broadcasts to villages and question-and-answer programs in industrial enterprises and cooperative farms.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • He was obliging, cooperative and friendly as hell, but his heart just wasn't in it.
  • Extract from : « The Telenizer » by Don Thompson

Synonyms for cooperative

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