collaborative

Done as partners

Collaborative describes work done jointly with others, emphasizing cooperation over individual effort: a collaborative project between three universities, The album was a collaborative effort.

The word often signals shared credit and mutual contribution.

As a noun, a collaborative is an organization structured around group effort rather than hierarchy.

relational

mutual

Shared between parties

inclusive · egalitarian · democratic · supportive · complementary · symbiotic · interdependent · collegial · convivial · harmonious

partnership

joint venture

Collaborative business arrangement

strategic · liaison · sponsorship · stakeholder · co-founder · co-author · co-production · memorandum · agreement · contract

creative

ensemble

Unified group or outfit

co-writing · workshop · collective · mural · collage · remix · mashup · open source · crowdsourcing · hackathon

teamwork

coordination

Organized cooperative movement

brainstorming · delegation · consensus · cohesion · interdependence · communication · dynamics · roles · trust · unity

digital

cloud

Atmospheric water vapor mass

platform · real-time · shared drive · versioning · sync · Dropbox · Slack · Trello · Figma · GitHub

Categories
Opposites
group participation

collaborativesolo

Performance by one

individual · solitary · independent · single-handed · lone

cooperation vs. competition

collaborativecompetitive

Driven by rivalry

adversarial · antagonistic · combative · uncooperative · rivalrous

decision-making structure

collaborativeunilateral

Affecting one side only

autocratic · dictatorial · top-down · authoritarian · one-sided

Phrases
Family

collaboration, collaborating, collaborations, collaboratively, collaboratives, collaborativeness

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G