SLATING Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

slating 1 of 2

verb (1)

Definition of slating

present participle of slate

as in entering

to put (someone or something) on a list you've been slated for a three o'clock interview

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deleting

slating

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of slate

as in licking

to strike repeatedly ready to slate anyone who disagreed

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Recent Examples of slating

Verb

Disney is slating the series for a potential launch around Halloween 2027. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 July 2026 The committee will hold a special slating session to choose a candidate for the vacant seat, with all inquiries for candidacy required to be received by the July 24 deadline. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 In a competitive situation, Studiocanal has landed rights to bestselling author Freida McFadden‘s forthcoming thriller The Divorce, slating it for a feature adaptation. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026 Steve Bannon was one of Pam Bondi’s loudest critics last year, slating her over the Epstein files. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026 The delay bumped Ship 37 up in the line, slating it to fly Starship's most successful flight to date. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slating

Verb

For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Surveillance video showed two of the men entering the bedroom.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of entering

Verb

Which is funny, because the cat-cow’s here in Crap Central with us, licking something off Carl’s boot.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Teams have to be licking their chops after seeing what Tampa Bay did to Dallas last Thursday night, especially considering the defense (or lack thereof) that the Cowboys have shown through five weeks.

— Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of licking

Verb

The lone listing on the Pistons’ injury report is Taurean Prince listed as probable (personal reasons).

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Dell has also given Hopeworks access to an AI tool that allows job seekers to upload a job listing and get feedback to improve their resume and prepare for a mock interview.

— John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of listing

Verb

Most of the students were accused of minor offenses, like making threats, using cannabis vapes or lashing out at classmates or teachers, the analysis found.

— Kristian Hernández, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school.

— Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lashing

Verb

That gave the team two rookie starters in a home opener for the first time since the NBA began recording starters in 1970-71.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Saadi stayed on call as Rahbani’s in-house bassist, and Rahbani would return the favor by recording Saadi’s personal projects.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of recording

Verb

Groups of young people were seen dancing with music pounding through the crowd as meters away tear gas billowed into the air.

— Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
At the moment, the good detective is strutting around the float, kicking the wheels and pounding the floorboards.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

The individual plaintiffs join the three news outlets in filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the administration.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
Increasing the time for filing a complaint would be an update to the Congressional Accountability Act, which requires Congress to follow many of the same employment laws that apply to the private sector.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of filing

Verb

Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Joseph had spent most of the war hiding in the forest with the Bielski partisan force, a Jewish resistance group.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of hiding

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