corporate

noun

(business, informal, uncountable) The higher managerial echelons of a corporation.

(finance) A bond issued by a corporation.

(business, countable) A corporation that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.

(business, countable) A corporate company or group.

A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.

verb

(obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.

(obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.

adjective

Of or relating to a corporation.

Formed into a corporation; incorporated.

Unified into one body; collective.

(colloquial) Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a large corporation.

Roots

corpuscorpor- · Latin · body

Synonyms for corporate

incorporatedadj

Synonyms & related words for corporate

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of corporate — including incorporated. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to corporate

Explore words related to corporate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include corporative, corporations, corporately, corporativism, antitakeover, corporator, companies, business. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for corporate

Common synonyms for corporate include incorporated — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does corporate come from?

The word corporate breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root corpor-, from Latin corpus (“body”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.