CARRYING ON Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

carrying on

verb

Definition of carrying on

present participle of carry on

as in acting out

to behave badly a toddler crying and carrying on in the store

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as in persisting

to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband

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as in operating

to look after and make decisions about carries on a business and still manages to run the household

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Recent Examples of carrying on Now, Françoise is carrying on his legacy. — Michael Soncin, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026 And the women were just carrying on and becoming more proactive. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Back in England, the country which supposedly gave football to the world, everyone is clearly keeping calm and carrying on during this World Cup run. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Haaland’s winning goal came after another bout of yanking and pulling; the striker tried to free himself by slapping the defender’s arm away, eventually just carrying on regardless. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Its all-metal build is significant in competing with the Neo and carrying on the XPS build quality in a less expensive machine. — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026 Princess Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, are carrying on her family legacy and inherited a great deal upon her tragic death in 1997. — Christopher Luu, InStyle, 5 July 2026 The brief clip showed off a new cast of characters, beginning with fuzzy television static before exploding into a montage propelled by intense music and kinetic bursts of action, carrying on the spirit of the first season through energetic animation and heavily stylised art. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 23 June 2026 One was Buck Strickland, Hank Hill’s philandering boss, who has many of LBJ’s characteristics including carrying on conversations while on the toilet. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying on

Verb

Kids ages 9 and up will spend hours acting out scenes as Cinderella and Gus with this Lego set.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
When a teacher, coach, counselor, pediatrician, or school psychologist sees a boy who is withdrawing, escalating, or acting out, that should prompt care.

— Wes Moore, STAT, 1 July 2026

Definition of acting out

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Rain chances are 30% to 40% for Friday, with those chances persisting through the night and declining through the day on Saturday.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
All these young men deserve endless gratitude for choosing and persisting in this rough, perilous, and holy life.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of persisting

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Wayne County prosecutors charged 29-year-old Nicholas Alexander Lee-Nathan with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of operating while intoxicated causing death, and two counts of reckless driving causing death.

— Terell Bailey, CBS News, 2 July 2026
That playbook still works for some businesses, particularly those operating in sectors that continue to attract significant venture interest or those pursuing opportunities that require substantial upfront investment.

— Wayne Cantwell, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of operating

Verb

Santana-Mateo was booked on charges of breach of peace, engaging police in a pursuit, disobeying the direction of officer, reckless driving, failure to obey a stop sign, failure to drive right, failure to obey a traffic control signal and driving the wrong way on a one way.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Icarus disobeying his father Daedalus and flying too close to the sun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

Definition of disobeying

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That includes arranging seat belts into place and manipulating small fastenings; working with delicate parts like hoses, wires, carpets and trim panels and supervising technology on the floor.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Nadella is also supervising major changes in units such as Xbox and has become more hands-on with product development.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026

Definition of supervising

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