DARNING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

darning 1 of 2

noun

as in sewing

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darning

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verb

present participle of darn

as in stitching

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

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unsewing

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Recent Examples of darning

Noun

There’s also a vineyard, a library and a school of arts and crafts that teaches masonry, gardening and farming, tailoring, knitting, cutting and sewing, darning and mending. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

By Jennifer Barger Special to The Washington Post One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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Noun

In the back rooms, Rana teaches mathematics for free, alongside women running secret lessons in English and computer skills under cover of sewing and beadwork.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
After his best friend died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones channeled his grief into a sewing project that became the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sewing

Verb

He’s made elegant additions, too, such as stitching in a lovely fairy tale that Ionesco wrote for his daughter and staging it with a whimsical storm of soap bubbles.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
The hand-crocheted The Sak Bryn Slip-on Clogs come in a rich mahogany hue, or a playful peach shade with fall-friendly contrast stitching.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of stitching

Noun

This includes warp and weft knitting, dyeing, digital, flat-bed and heat-transfer printing, stentering and finishing proficiencies.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In knitting, loops from the middle of an entangled yarn are slipped through one another so the yarn holds its position but isn’t knotted together.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of knitting

Verb

The first surgeries—suturing vaginal lacerations post-delivery—were reported in 1050 AD.

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026
The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.

— Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of suturing

Noun

Renovations, replacement equipment and previous repairs can all become part of the background without being directly connected to an injury.

— Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The Clean Energy Choice Act, introduced by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), requires utilities to offer homeowners a financial incentive to disconnect from gas and electrify the home when gas service line repairs are scheduled.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of repair

Verb

Our board of directors states that owners are responsible for repairing their non-working electronic component in their unit.

— Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Martin Wang, a software developer who began repairing broken computers more than a decade ago, says his popular Brookline, Massachusetts, repair shop has seen an uptick in business as customers look for alternatives to buying new devices.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of repairing

Noun

Yet, in many cases simple mending, either done yourself or at a dry cleaner shop, can fix the problem.

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
There’s also a vineyard, a library and a school of arts and crafts that teaches masonry, gardening and farming, tailoring, knitting, cutting and sewing, darning and mending.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of mending

Noun

Carney’s closing appeal came after two days of campaigning against separation in the province.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
For all its relative quiet, the week’s closing impression was that there was plenty for those intent on listening to Shanghai’s voices.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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