team-ups
Partners working together
Team-ups are collaborations between people or groups who join forces for a specific purpose.
The term is most common in entertainment contexts—superhero team-ups pair characters from different franchises, while musical team-ups bring together artists for a single track: The album features several unexpected team-ups.
Outside entertainment, the word suggests temporary alliances rather than permanent partnerships.
Brief guest appearance
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
- spin-offDerivative from a parent
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- superheroesCostumed figures with powers
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- allianceFormal union of parties
- unionJoining into one
bloc · axis · entente · league · federation · confederation · consortium · affiliation
Two working together
- trioGroup of three
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- bandGroup playing music together
- squadSmall working group
crew · collective · tandem · pairing · supergroup · co-creation · featuring · collab
Joint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
harmony · interplay · complementarity · fusion · unity · meshing · dovetailing · synchronization
cameo
Brief guest appearance
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
- spin-offDerivative from a parent
- franchiseLicensed business operation
superheroes · Avengers · versus · mashup
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- allianceFormal union of parties
union · bloc · axis · entente · league · federation · confederation · consortium · affiliation · network
duo
Two working together
squad · crew · collective · tandem · pairing · supergroup · co-creation · featuring · collab
cooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
symbiosis · harmony · interplay · complementarity · fusion · unity · meshing · dovetailing · synchronization
- comic book topicssuperheroes, villains, origin stories, secret identities, superpowers
team-upsgoing it alone
Acting independently, unassisted
solo work · flying solo · independent work · self-reliance · solo careers
team-upsbreakups
Endings of romantic relationships
splits · dissolutions · partings · separations · schisms