synergistic

[sin-er-jis-tik] / ˌsɪn ərˈdʒɪs tɪk /

ADJECTIVE

cooperative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collegial harmonious interdependent symbiotic

WEAK

agreeing coacting coactive coadjuvant coefficient collaborating collaborative collective collusive combined combining common concerted concurring coordinated hand in glove in league joining participating reciprocal shared synergetic synergic team united uniting

Example Sentences

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It leads to what Allen calls a “terrible synergistic effect” of people’s food being taken away and people getting sick because of it while health care is stripped away.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

"Health effects of air pollution are synergistic manifestation of factors which include food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc," it said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

To overcome this, the Atukorale Lab has engineered a lipid nanoparticle-based "super adjuvant" capable of stably encapsulating and co-delivering two distinct immune adjuvants that activate immunity in a coordinated, synergistic way.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

They are entangled with one another in a synergistic relationship.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

Second, there is the Hamiltonian confidence that the concentration of political and economic power was a dynamic force; it was not a threatening cluster of invasive corruption, but a synergistic fusion of developmental energies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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