| Noun | 1. | cooperative - a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners | |
| 2. | cooperative - an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using itassociation - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" | |
| Adj. | 1. | cooperative - involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" | |
| 2. | cooperative - done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort"helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function uncooperative - unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness" | |
| 3. | cooperative - willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreementnoncompetitive - not involving competition or competitiveness; "noncompetitive positions"; "noncompetitive interest in games" | |