HEDGING Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in tentative

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noun

as in misrepresentation

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verb

present participle of hedge

as in weaseling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter

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as in housing

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the prison was hedged by a high stone wall

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Recent Examples of hedging

Adjective

Dominic Volek, group head at Henley & Partners, frames the trend as one of rebalancing and hedging jurisdictional exposure. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025

Noun

Industry observers expect ticket prices to rise further next year as airline fuel hedging ratios decline. — CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Defenders hesitated between hedging and switching, allowing screeners to slip toward the rim. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Oct. 2026 But ambiguity typically plays to the advantage of the stronger party; such hedging from Washington was as good as an explicit endorsement of the Israeli position. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Within 18 months, the systems described the company consistently, without hedging and without confusing it with competitors. — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 For them, hedging matters far less than their capacity building. — Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 Game Point Capital sees prediction market hedging simply as a new form of a standard industry practice. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Supporters argue prediction markets are a genuine forecasting technology and a legitimate hedging instrument. — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Such hedging makes sense in an increasingly volatile region in which the US has been unable, or unwilling, to protect its allies. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Cold Song offers a case study in how public broadcasters can preserve space for ambitious, international television at a time when commercial outfits are hedging their bets. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Deutsch notes that the city’s financial system is built around tools to enable hedging one’s bets, such as the derivatives, futures, and options traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. — Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Fernández moves well for his size and is a versatile defender who can guard the perimeter in switches or by hedging ball screens. — Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 But at least one longtime Pierre shareholder is hedging his bets. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Sidney is hedging his words in ever more delaying parentheses. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are hedging their bets on victories in red states – Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio and yes, Alaska – to help flip the upper chamber and hand back control to the party. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 That hasn’t fully panned out, and now the company is hedging its bets with an underdog strategy focused on releasing more lightweight models with fewer guardrails. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 Also, organizations are looking more to hedging strategies to help reduce exposure in times of high volatility. — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedging

Adjective

Earlier this month, the CSU reached tentative agreements with three unions.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Written in Latin, the theses were relatively tentative in tone, consisting of 95 short propositions—most just a sentence or two.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tentative

Noun

Under federal law, citizenship obtained through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation can be revoked through civil denaturalization proceedings.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The ability to dam at least some of the daily overflow of misinformation and misrepresentation is one of the reasons for Pangram’s success and adoption, but Warner said that comes at a cost.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresentation

Verb

Darren Gold, who is now board president, said Gonzales-Torres falsely accused him of shaking her, prompting a city investigation.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Traders woke up in a cheerful mood today, shaking off the riots in France and the rising price of oil.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaking

Verb

Sybille Roger-Vasselin’s store near Place de la République, housing her ready-to-wear label Petite Mendigote, was looted on Sunday.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Main Street spans 140 mostly 19th-century buildings housing 100-plus shops, restaurants, and independent inns.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of housing

Adjective

Those assumptions can be quite uncertain when designing an entirely new study.

— Mark Louie F. Ramos, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
Specialists recommend seeking a second opinion from a neurologist who specializes in MS when a diagnosis is uncertain, particularly before starting medications that affect the immune system.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncertain

Noun

FiftyPlusOne included the group’s data in its polling averages, but found evidence of fabrications.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
The staff report said the loan will be disbursed only after the company has paid invoices for materials, construction and equipment fabrication.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fabrication

Verb

Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby is The Birth, 2026, a ziggurat partly woven from bags of fertilizer, enclosing a film installation about the assembly of drones, shot in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of enclosing

Adjective

If the trial court decides that the movant was simply dilatory or lazy, the trial court could rightly decide that good cause does not exist to allow the late filing of the special motion.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Even when progress is made—like 2017’s commitment to allow American credit cards into China—Beijing is dilatory on execution.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026

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