cooperative /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment. •Involving cooperation between individuals or parties. •Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives. noun1 •A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.” — 1965 formscooperatives · more cooperative · most cooperative