COLLEGIALITY Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

collegiality

noun

as in unity

the cooperative relationship between people who have shared responsibilities There was a spirit of collegiality among the players.

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Recent Examples of collegiality Boards often mistake collegiality for alignment, avoiding tough conversations and sidelining dissent. —

Elena Rodighiero, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2025 Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones. —

Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 Little of that collegiality is in evidence these days. —

Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025 Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Monday joined other members of the bench and bar at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference at the Swissotel and praised her peers for their collegiality. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collegiality

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegiality

Noun

The group makes the mile-and-a-half walk to the Arab American Museum, carrying both Lebanese and American flags in a show of unity.

— Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 27 May 2026
All kinds of people forged unity out of noble ideals (community, sovereignty, freedom) and also out of less noble ones (racial and other exclusions and fierce anti-British sentiments).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026