partnership

[pahrt-ner-ship] / ˈpɑrt nərˌʃɪp /

NOUN

alliance; participation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assistance association business company cooperation cooperative corporation firm friendship interest organization ownership sharing society tie up union

STRONG

affiliation band body brotherhood cahoots cartel chumminess clique club combination combine community companionship conglomerate conjunction connection coterie crew faction fraternity gang help hookup house joining lodge mob party ring sisterhood sorority togetherness

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

division hindrance separation stoppage

STRONG

detachment disconnection sisterhood

Example Sentences

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This was a rare insight into what is quite a misunderstood partnership.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, has a content-licensing partnership with OpenAI.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Polymarket has a data partnership with Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But both billionaires were active on social media: Musk promoted SpaceX’s partnership with the AI startup Cursor, while Altman touted the latest update to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

“Yeah, I think they worked it out with him. They didn’t tell him what song we’d be dancing to, but he seemed to think it was creative. Each partnership would be judged separately, anyway.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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