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synergy
CIDE DICTIONARY
synergy, n. [Gr. . See Synergetic.].
- Combined action [1913 Webster]
- An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately; -- also called
synergism. . Opposite toantagonism . [PJC]
THESAURUS
synergy
accompaniment, accordance, agreement, alliance, association, bipartisanship, cahoots, co-working, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, coincidence, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, junction, mass action, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, parasitism, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, saprophytism, septet, sextet, simultaneity, solidarity, symbiosis, synchronism, synergism, team spirit, teamwork, trio, triumvirate, troika, union, united actionROGET THESAURUS
synergy
Cooperation
N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.Concurrence
N concurrence, cooperation, coagency, union, agreement, consilience, consent, coincidence, alliance, concert, additivity, synergy, partnership, common cause, concurring, concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding, with one consent.For further exploring for "synergy" in Webster Dictionary Online