COTTONING (TO) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

cottoning (to)

verb

present participle of cotton (to)

as in delighting (in)

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Enzo Maresca has brought more composure to their in-possession play, with City enjoying 69 per cent possession, an increase on the 53 per cent average from the final two league games of 2025-26.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
While neither of these experiences is essential to enjoying your stay, the additional charges do chip away at the all-inclusive promise.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enjoying

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But at a time when other actors might be trying to desperately avoid being typecast, Innanen seems to be relishing being the internet’s cutie of the moment.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Trump in his second term has increasingly seemed to focus on relishing the presidency’s ceremonial aspects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of relishing

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With little in the way of young players or draft capital aside from Wagler, scoring a big star in free agency is probably their best hope of digging themselves out of this mess in the next decade or so.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The company had sent heavy machinery to the site, an undeveloped valley in northeast Independence, a month earlier to start tilling the earth and digging runoff ponds.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

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