COMMUNICATING Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

communicating 1 of 2

adjective

as in connecting

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communicating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of communicate

as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another the infected cook unknowingly communicated the disease to hundreds of people

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as in talking

to engage in an exchange of information or ideas for decades the two medical centers have been communicating about cancer research

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as in displaying

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs his voice communicated a certain distrust and wariness

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Recent Examples of communicating

Verb

Finland, Israel, and Ukraine have long traditions of developing strategic plans and communicating to their publics about homeland threats. — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 In 2021, Technoblade revealed his cancer diagnosis and continued communicating with fans throughout treatment with the humor and resilience that defined him. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026 Instead, focus on clearly communicating the key benefits in a concise, straightforward and human way. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Likewise, an expert might demonstrate integrity without communicating care for the people that their decisions might affect. — John C. Besley, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 Our embassies in Beijing and Kathmandu are working 24/7 in terms of communicating and coordinating with local officials, trying to get that reliable information. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 But after the group was told by the White House to delete its May announcement about agreements with three major AI companies, CAISI was also told to take a step back and stop communicating with the public. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Much of the screen time communicating with other young people on the internet — some of the contacts are unknowingly mature adults — takes place late at night and into the wee morning hours. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Jodie Michelle Abrams, who was accused of following another woman in her car after an argument, was charged with bringing a gun onto school property and communicating threats, Mint Hill police said. — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for communicating

Adjective

Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

Ingenuity’s range was limited by a requirement to communicate through a base station on the Perseverance rover, while SkyFall will be capable of transmitting and receiving data through communications relay orbiters flying overhead.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Like a chair that converts into a storage table or flattens for stowing while transmitting its real-time configuration to a display.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmitting

Verb

When families of the Lincoln’s sailors started talking with reporters, their complaints were met with contempt from the top.

— Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Taken with each other, Celine agrees to continue talking with Jesse in Vienna before his morning flight.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of talking

Verb

Garen notes that naming or displaying a device may offer limited distinction when nearby practices provide comparable services.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Perhaps a swimsuit on a chair, or in an inner courtyard balcony, but what are these people thinking, displaying their underwear?

— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of displaying

Adjective

For Castellanos, meanwhile, the All-American Game provides a chance to remain connected to baseball while passing along lessons from a 15-year major league career that included two All-Star selections and a World Series appearance.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Leaving is sometimes necessary, but far more often the harder and healthier work is learning how to stay connected to imperfect people without surrendering ourselves, or trying to control them.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of connected

Verb

The resumption of classes comes in the middle of a ravaging disease outbreak that is spreading rapidly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Don’t be alarmed, but George Michael fever — which is the incessant urge to listen to the music British singer-songwriter George Michael — has been spreading for the past couple of years.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Holliday is brainstorming ways to hopefully reverse the trend.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
The team’s entire front office was fired in 1978, and Rasmussen soon turned his attention to brainstorming with his son on the creation of sports on cable TV with the help of a $9,000 credit card advance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of brainstorming

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This is where the episode finally loops back on itself, with the recruiter laying out a black hole on the ground, revealing the mall to be a kind of pocket universe.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Berne is the lead author of a new research paper revealing the discovery of the strange southern hotspot.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026