Skip to main content
cooperatively

cooperatively

6 3.3
By working together to reach a common goal
  • adverb
  • /kəˈɑːpərətɪvli/
: cooperativamente
  • The children were able to complete the project successfully because they worked cooperatively as a team.
  • work cooperatively
  • cooperatively developed
  • teach cooperatively

They're not socialized into into the idea that they should cheerfully and cooperatively give you information.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Students interact effectively and work cooperatively with diverse ethnic and cultural groups of our nation and world.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Technology facilitators could also work cooperatively with teachers in creating a school technology plan.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I think maybe if we work cooperatively in the room, we could learn what it's about.

  • During the final three activities, students earn points for working with partners cooperatively and producing accurate work.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The center is managed cooperatively by the Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Girls respond favorably to programs where they can work cooperatively in a relaxed atmosphere.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Three team members work cooperatively, sharing the workload by working in pairs and individually.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Through the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC), these political entities work cooperatively to manage the river.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Project staff and some 35 astronomy teachers working cooperatively created 39 hands-on activities to directly address student misconceptions.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In this way, they create and re-create stories cooperatively with their listener-participants, bringing them joy, rapture, and enlightenment.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

together
vscooperatively
∞ 1.0

With other people to do something as a group

adds the sense of deliberate cooperation for a common objective
collectively
vscooperatively
95 3.6

All act together as a group

narrows this to purposeful working together for a goal
mutually
vscooperatively
80 3.3

In a way that all people or groups share equally

stresses working together toward a shared goal rather than equal share
jointly
vscooperatively
37 3.5

Together with other people or groups to do something

stresses purposeful teamwork toward a shared objective
in concert
vscooperatively
24 4.1

Working with others toward the same goal

highlights general working together for a shared purpose
in tandem
vscooperatively
18 3.5

Work together in a coordinated way

focuses more on cooperative effort for the common purpose
collaboratively
vscooperatively
7 4.2

In a way that people work together to reach the same goal

emphasizes working together for a common purpose rather than method
harmoniously
vscooperatively
3 4.1

In a peaceful, friendly way without conflict

is about purposeful joint work rather than merely absence of conflict
communally
vscooperatively
3 4.1

In a way that a group of people share or use something together

focuses on cooperative work toward a shared purpose rather than ownership
corporately
vscooperatively
2 4.4

In a way that a group acts together as one

is broader, applying to any group working toward a shared aim
collegially
vscooperatively
1 6.0

In a friendly, cooperative way with other people at work

is broader, applying to any cooperative action beyond colleague relations
conjointly
vscooperatively
1 6.8

In a way that happens together with other people or things

focuses on cooperative work toward a common purpose
unitedly
vscooperatively
1 4.7

People work together and help each other

is about working together specifically for a common purpose
coordinately
vscooperatively
1 5.5

In an organized way where people or things work together

stresses collaborative intent rather than only neat organization
concertedly
vscooperatively
1 6.2

Together with other people in a planned way

emphasizes joint action aimed at the same goal
collegiately
vscooperatively
1 6.2

In a friendly, respectful way when colleagues work together

focuses on team effort toward a shared purpose rather than peer tone
coactively
vscooperatively
  • Specialized
6.8

By working together with other people to reach a common goal

focuses specifically on working together toward a common aim

Antonyms

109 2.9

Without help from other people

How Cooperative

eagerly
63 1.3
helpfully
9 1.0
cooperatively
6 3.3
reluctantly
71 3.7

Surface Forms

cooperatively positive

Morphology

cooperatively = cooperative (transparent) = cooperate + ive + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'cooperative' by adding '-ly'.

Etymology

Cooperatively comes from the parts co- meaning 'together' and operate meaning 'to work', the same root you see in operate and operator. So to act cooperatively is to 'work together' with others for a common purpose.