CHIMING IN Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

chiming in

verb

present participle of chime in

as in interrupting

to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion "I don't like that show at all," my friend chimed in

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Relevance

as in blending

to form a pleasing relationship unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage

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Recent Examples of chiming in The incident has gotten people talking, with even the Florida attorney general chiming in. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Numerous assistants are chiming in with suggestions, reminders about personnel or defensive tendencies. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026 From other manufacturers not chiming in with a diesel immediately after. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026 During Season 1, Santos — who, like Briones, is half-Filipino — surprised nurses Princess (Kristin Villanueva) and Perlah (Amielynn Abellera) by chiming in on their gossip session in Tagalog. — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 With comedy legends and late-night insiders chiming in as talking heads, the documentary shows how impressions of presidents have become one of America’s most powerful tools in terms of political storytelling. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 June 2026 When a reporter asked about the statement, four different WHO officials, including the director-general, took turns chiming in. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 20 May 2026 House of Highlights personality Lucas Brody of the Broadcast Boys will join the show to interact with talent, players and those chiming in online. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026 Exercising that influence doesn’t necessarily require chiming in at city council meetings or lobbying the parks department, though that’s time well spent. — Big Think, 1 May 2026

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Contentious debate The debate itself featured tense moments, with audience members interrupting both candidates and Harris engaging in a heated exchange with a woman in the crowd.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
The first attempts at a foldable smartphone in the 2010s from other companies tended to be fragile and not all that useful, with a big, ugly crease in the center interrupting the experience.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of interrupting

Verb

Chow followed it with Kung Fu Hustle (2004), another genre-blending smash that earned more than $100 million worldwide and cemented his reputation as one of Hong Kong’s greatest comedy-action hitmakers.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Coinciding with the presentation that christened her store, Hod also launched a fragrance blending green tea and orchid blossoms, which is available to purchase as a perfume, candle or diffuser.

— Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of blending

Verb

As with the Pattern One, the grip ended in a round top nut, which secured the rat-tail tang to the grip, though the fitting was now done by cutting off the tang to length and cutting in the screw to take the nut.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a constant threat cutting in from the left, and if Dembélé features, he will be given the freedom to drift and find pockets of space centrally.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cutting in

Verb

When the food is ready, the order number appears on a screen above the kiosks as well as on individual screens at each corresponding stall.

— Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Abhishek Menon, the study’s corresponding author and a graduate student, said solving the engineering challenges associated with heavier ions could also simplify trapping lighter species.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of corresponding

Verb

The employee watched the security footage and found that nobody was breaking in.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
History is only half of the equation here, as both the Tigers and Gators are breaking in new coaches who just as easily could have been on opposite sidelines.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of breaking in

Verb

Charges say the video shows Buckney renting a shooting lane at the gun shop under his name and correlating with a customer account number.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
What does Open Command do and not do in terms of correlating with pitcher quality statistics?

— Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of correlating

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