as in friendship
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
his good rapport with his students was one of the reasons why the school board named him Teacher of the Year
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Recent Examples of rapport
Beck said the rapport between him and Dawson was built instantly.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
That rapport has opened the door to deeper partnerships, including celebrity equity deals that go beyond traditional endorsements.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
China’s rapport with the United States and its allies has thus evolved from pragmatic engagement to principled divergence.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The couple’s easy rapport and their willingness to let viewers in on the chaos of their real mornings has become a defining part of the show’s rhythm.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapport
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Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.—
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Meanwhile, their friends are also navigating the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronting the bittersweet challenges of growing up and moving on.—
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Podrabinek captures the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident’s life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.—
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Several contestants walked out in solidarity with Bosch.—
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During his pontificate, Francis faced strong resistance from some conservative cardinals to some of his reforms, particularly on his loosening of rules banning divorced and remarried Catholics from communion and his welcome to gay Catholics.—
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It is celebrated entirely in Latin, with the priest facing the altar and the faithful receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling.—
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By September, despite some attempts at rapprochement and calls for dialogue, tensions had escalated again.—
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The show ended with a touching rapprochement between the ideological-generational rivals.—
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One of the biggest things is carrying the weight of the empathy, of feeling people’s issues or how people feel.—
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Featuring families across Ireland, Spain, and America, Tóibín is an author with incredible empathy for the human condition and these stories will be a perfect read for anyone who cares about the short story form.—
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“Rapport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapport. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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