tag-team

Alternating wrestling duo

Tag-team refers to a style of wrestling where partners take turns competing, one resting while the other fights, switching by touching hands.

The concept extends to any collaborative effort where people alternate: We tag-teamed the night shift.

As a verb, to tag-team is to work in rotating partnership: They tag-teamed the presentation.

collaboration

partner

One who shares activity

  • duoTwo working together
  • tandemSequential two-person arrangement
  • pairTwo matching things

coordination · synergy · relay · switch · backup · handoff · assist · cooperation · combined · allied

wrestling

partner

One who shares activity

turnbuckle · heel · face · luchador · suplex · body-slam · piledriver · kayfabe · smackdown · raw

competition

match

Game between opponents

championship · title · bracket · elimination · victor · defeat · challengers · contenders · defense · qualifier

Opposites
collaboration structure

tag-teamsolo

Performance by one

individual · alone · one-on-one · singles match · single-handed

interdependence

tag-teamindependent

Free from external control

self-reliant · autonomous · unaccompanied · solo effort · going it alone

substitution and relief

tag-teamironman

Long-distance triathlon competitor

endurance · non-stop · continuous · unrelieved · marathon

Family

tag, team, teamwork, tags, teammate, tagging, teamed, teaming, teammates

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