noun
Meaning 1
A person who works with others towards a common goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: team player
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
collaborator
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turncoat, collaborationist
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cooperator, partner, pardner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: associate
Narrower terms: bridge partner, dancing partner
noun
Meaning 4
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collaborationist, quisling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traitor, treasonist
noun
Meaning 5
someone who assists in a plot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confederate, henchman, partner in crime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accessory, accessary
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French collaborateur.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: համաշխատող (hamašxatoġ) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Armenian: գործակից (gorcakicʻ) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік (supracównik) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Belarusian: супрацо́ўніца (supracównica) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Bulgarian: сътру́дник (sǎtrúdnik) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Bulgarian: сътру́дница (sǎtrúdnica) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Catalan: col·laborador — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Chinese Mandarin: 合作者 (hézuòzhě) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Czech: spolupracovník — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Dutch: medewerker — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Dutch: medewerkster — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Esperanto: kunlaboranto — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Finnish: kumppani — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Finnish: yhteistyökumppani — person who works with others towards a common goal
- French: collaborateur — person who works with others towards a common goal
- French: collaboratrice — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Galician: colaborador — person who works with others towards a common goal
- German: Mitarbeiter — person who works with others towards a common goal
- German: Mitarbeiterin — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Hungarian: közreműködő — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Icelandic: samstarfsmaður — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Indonesian: kolaborator — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Italian: collaboratore — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Māori: hoa mahitahi — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Polish: współpracownik — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Polish: współpracowniczka — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Portuguese: colaborador — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Russian: сотру́дник (sotrúdnik) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Russian: сотру́дница (sotrúdnica) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Spanish: colaborador — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Swedish: samarbetspartner — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Swedish: medarbetare — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Ukrainian: співробітни́к (spivrobitnýk) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Ukrainian: співробітни́ця (spivrobitnýcja) — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Vietnamese: cộng tác viên — person who works with others towards a common goal
- Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст (kalabaracyjaníst) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Belarusian: калабарацыяні́стка (kalabaracyjanístka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Belarusian: калабара́нт (kalabaránt) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Belarusian: калабара́нтка (kalabarántka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Bulgarian: колаборациони́ст (kolaboracioníst) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Bulgarian: колаборациони́стка (kolaboracionístka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Chinese Mandarin: 通敵者 /通敌者 (tōngdízhě) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Chinese Mandarin: 合作者 (hézuòzhě) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Czech: kolaborant — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Czech: kolaborantka — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Dutch: collaborateur — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Finnish: kätyri — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Finnish: kollaboraattori — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- French: collaborateur — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- French: collaboratrice — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- German: Kollaborateur — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- German: Kollaborateurin — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Hungarian: kollaboráns — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Italian: collaborazionista — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Japanese: 合作者 (gassakusha) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Japanese: 協力者 (kyōryōkusha) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Korean: 합작자 (hapjakja) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Korean: 협력자 (hyeomnyeokja) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Macedonian: колаборациони́ст (kolaboracioníst) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Macedonian: колаборациони́стка (kolaboracionístka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Polish: kolaborant — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Polish: kolaborantka — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Polish: zdrajca — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Polish: zdrajczyni — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Russian: коллаборациони́ст (kollaboracioníst) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Russian: коллаборациони́стка (kollaboracionístka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Russian: коллабора́нт (kollaboránt) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Russian: коллабора́нтка (kollaborántka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Slovak: kolaborant — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Slovak: kolaborantka — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Spanish: colaboracionista — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Sranan Tongo: redimusu — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Swedish: kollaboratör — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Swedish: quisling — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Swedish: femtekolonnare — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Swedish: medlöpare — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Swedish: samarbetsman — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст (kolaboracioníst) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Ukrainian: колабораціоні́стка (kolaboracionístka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Ukrainian: колабора́нт (kolaboránt) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Ukrainian: колабора́нтка (kolaborántka) — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
- Vietnamese: cộng tác viên — person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
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