team-up

Form a partnership

A team-up is a collaboration between people or groups who join forces for a shared purpose, especially when the partnership is notable or unexpected.

The term is common in comic books and entertainment, where characters from different franchises combine efforts: The movie features a team-up between Batman and Superman.

More broadly, any cooperative venture: a team-up between rival companies.

action

cooperate

Work jointly with others

join · combine · merge · pool · link-up · hook-up · ally · connect · converge · rally

partnership

collaboration

Joint intellectual work

trio · squad · crew · partners · pairing · comrades · associates · confederates · compatriots · collaborators

superhero

crossover

Genre-blending work or transition

  • MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
  • DCUnidirectional electrical flow
  • AvengersThose seeking retribution

sidekick · ensemble · supergroup · cameo · spin-off · franchise · nemesis · showdown

synergy

chemistry

Study of substances' interactions

harmony · complementarity · coordination · meshing · rapport · compatibility

Categories
Opposites
collaboration vs. opposition

team-uprivalry

Ongoing contest between opponents

feud · conflict · enemies · foes · showdown

joint vs. solo action

team-upsolo effort

going it alone · lone wolf · solo act · one-man show · solo mission

unification vs. division

team-upsplit-up

Romantic relationship's end

breakup · falling-out · dissolution · parting ways · disbandment

Family

team, teamwork, teammate, teamed, teaming, teammates, team-ups

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G