PUTTING Synonyms: 251 Similar and Opposite Words

putting

verb

present participle of put

as in placing

to arrange something in a certain spot or position you can put this box next to the bookshelf

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Relevance

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as in saying

to convey in appropriate or telling terms tried to think of a good way of putting the news

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as in estimating

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement put the time of the photograph at about noon

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as in imposing

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries

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as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song

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misadjusting

as in betting

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds

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Recent Examples of putting Belgium was on the front foot from the start, taking six shots and putting two on target in the first eight minutes before going ahead on De Ketelaere’s first goal in the ninth minute. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 Payton talks all the time about not putting quarterbacks on the high dive, but Nix has spent his first two seasons in the league working mostly from the 10-meter platform. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026 Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bregman both tagged and advanced on the sequence, putting runners on second and third for Suzuki. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026 But traders have been engaged in significant currency hedging, putting downward pressure on the yen, according to the Financial Times. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 July 2026 On one hand, the opposition camp’s vote is set to be heavily split between Atiku and Obi going into 2027, putting Tinubu in pole position to retain his job. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 July 2026 A week later, the TPUSA board unanimously voted to install Erika as their new chief executive, putting her at the forefront of his advocacy efforts. — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 It’s situated in downtown Sarasota near Sarasota Bay, putting you close to an array of restaurants and attractions like The Bay park and Selby Gardens. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026 This latest heist recalls the brazen, daytime Louvre theft of France’s Crown Jewels in October, which, despite putting the country’s museums on relatively higher alert, does not appear to be staving off a spate of recent thefts. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting

Verb

Lawrence natives have held watch parties for all of Team Algeria’s games in downtown Lawrence, as well as various rallies for Algeria’s fans, with downtown stores placing Team Algeria jerseys in display windows.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Amazon challenged that assumption by proving consumers valued faster delivery enough to justify placing inventory in more locations, before ultimately regionalizing its fulfillment network.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026

Definition of placing

Verb

Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
In her new memoir Famesick, Dunham wrote a message to Swift, saying much of the book's creative process was soundtracked by her music.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of saying

Verb

But the covert nature of the transits meant the task of estimating the outlook for global supply got even harder.

— Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Once this modification was included, the theoretical predictions closely matched the experimental data, providing a practical framework for estimating exciton binding energy from the dielectric environment.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Definition of estimating

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In its latest state budget that is expected to be voted on by the legislature this week, North Carolina is imposing a 6% tax on net trading fee revenue from prediction markets operating within the state, according to WRAL.

— Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Colombia wasted no time imposing itself on the Portugal defense, taking two shots in the opening minutes, the first a header by Cordoba after a Diaz shot was deflected, and another by Rodriguez that went wide.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Definition of imposing

Verb

Adamala’s team fiddled with their cellular brew, switching genes in and out and adjusting concentrations of various molecules, to get the crucial information-carrying and protein-making genetic systems to jibe.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
Consider adjusting commission rates based on the type of sale.

— Kate Morgan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of adjusting

Verb

Leaders making these cuts now are betting on which outcome arrives.

— Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
In March, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit against Kalshi for allegedly violating the state's Lawful Sports Betting Act by allowing residents to participate in sports betting under the form of trading event contracts.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of betting

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That means tracking everything from shipping to unboxing to situating it in our bedrooms.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026
His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026