RAPPORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rapport mean? 

• RAPPORT (noun)
  The noun RAPPORT has 1 sense:

1. a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

  Familiarity information: RAPPORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPPORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

rapport; resonance

Hypernyms ("rapport" is a kind of...):

affinity; kinship (a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character)

 Context examples 

If you feel it is too hard to meet a new and interesting romantic someone, you will find the coming weeks and months will offer you a far better chance of meeting someone who has a solid rapport with you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

So when I saw you throw down your paper and enter upon a train of thought, I was very happy to have the opportunity of reading it off, and eventually of breaking into it, as a proof that I had been in rapport with you.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)