Synonyms for partnership
Most common
association connection co-operation alliance participation consort
All synonyms
Noun
alliance, co-operation, association, company, firm UK, connection, union, participation, society, fellowship, concern, house, consort, copartnership rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being associated with a partner.
scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- partnerships → alliances, associations, companies, firms…
Choose the right word
Partnership is a mercantile word; alliance chiefly political or matrimonial.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- association My family belongs to the neighborhood association.
- connection Yanni and Skura developed an immediate connection.
- alliance Algeria has good relations with the NATO alliance.
- participation Thank you for your work and active participation.
- consort Taweret was sometimes depicted as Set's consort.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| partnership | rising | |
| association | falling | |
| connection | falling | |
| alliance | steady | |
| participation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- firm1
- 5 letters
- house1, union2
- 7 letters
- company3, society4, concern2, consort2
- 8 letters
- alliance3
- 10 letters
- connection3, fellowship3
- 11 letters
- association5
- 13 letters
- participation5, copartnership
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).