cooperators
Those working together
Cooperators are people who work together with others toward a shared goal, or who comply with requests and processes.
The term appears in contexts ranging from business partnerships to legal proceedings, where a cooperator may be someone providing information to authorities: The cooperators testified against their former associates.
In evolutionary biology, cooperators are organisms that engage in mutually beneficial behavior rather than purely self-interested competition.
People who work jointly
- partnersJoint venture participants
- associatesConnected persons or links
- comradesClose allies in cause
- confederatesAllies in wrongdoing
accomplices · cohorts · supporters · backers · advocates · aides · auxiliaries · abettors
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
harmony · groupwork · crew · squad · taskforce · assembly · synergy · interplay
Cooperative group for ventures
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- affiliationFormal organizational connection
union · bloc · cartel · syndicate · conglomerate · federation · network · axis
collaborators
People who work jointly
- partnersJoint venture participants
- associatesConnected persons or links
- comradesClose allies in cause
confederates · accomplices · cohorts · supporters · backers · advocates · aides · auxiliaries · abettors · sympathizers
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- cohesionTendency to bind together
camaraderie · harmony · groupwork · crew · squad · taskforce · assembly · synergy · interplay · meshing
consortium
Cooperative group for ventures
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
affiliation · union · bloc · cartel · syndicate · conglomerate · federation · network · axis · entente
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud
cooperatorsadversaries
Those who oppose you
antagonists · defectors · competitors · rivals · opponents
cooperatorsdefectors
Those abandoning allegiance
free riders · cheaters · betrayers · exploiters · freeloaders
cooperatorssaboteurs
Intentional disruptors of operations
obstructors · obstructionists · spoilers · wreckers · disruptors