Meaning & use
team chemistry
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Meanings
noununcountable
The way members of a group work together and get along, especially in sports.
Grammar: No article: The team has great chemistry.
Patterns
- have team chemistry
- build team chemistry
- good/poor team chemistry
The new coach spent the first month building team chemistry.
Their team chemistry was obvious: they passed without looking.
Poor team chemistry can ruin a group of talented players.
noununcountablefigurative
A feeling of understanding and connection among people working toward the same goal.
Grammar: Often used with 'good', 'great', or 'strong' before it.
Patterns
- good team chemistry
- create team chemistry
- team chemistry between people
The project succeeded because of the team chemistry between the designers and engineers.
Managers try to create team chemistry through shared goals and open talk.
There was real team chemistry in the office after the retreat.
Common combinations
- good team chemistry
- Good team chemistry makes practice more enjoyable.
- build team chemistry
- They held a weekend camp to build team chemistry.
- team chemistry between players
- Team chemistry between players matters more than individual skill.
- lack of team chemistry
- A lack of team chemistry showed in their confused defense.
Synonyms and how they differ
- teamwork
- Focuses on the activity of working together, while team chemistry is about the feeling and connection.
- rapport
- A friendly understanding between two people; team chemistry usually involves a whole group.
- cohesion
- A more formal word for sticking together as a unit, often used in business writing.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: team chemistry or teamwork?
team chemistry vs teamwork
'Teamwork' is the act of cooperating; 'team chemistry' is the personal connection that makes cooperation easy.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'team chemistry' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Team chemistry' is uncountable, so it takes no article and no plural: 'The players have good team chemistry.' 'A good team chemistry' and 'chemistries' are both wrong.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “team chemistry”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.