EDITING Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

editing

verb

present participle of edit

as in revising

to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating the publisher edited a new version of its best-selling school dictionary

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as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook

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misadjusting

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Recent Examples of editing The film features cinematography by Arlene Muller and editing by Rodrigo Ramos Estrada. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 Just don't think this replaces dedicated, professional photo editing software. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 Journalists were involved in every step of the review, editing and publishing process. — Jane Imbody, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 All the technical work of the camera and sound and lighting and what might be happening with editing later. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Because the watermark is embedded in the word choice itself, detection is more reliable with larger samples of text, whereas shorter passages and grammar and copy editing are unlikely to carry the watermark. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Typically, writing and editing take up the latter portion of Sheridan’s days. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 Bennett recommends choosing a clear purpose for the area and editing accordingly, like a small bistro table with two chairs or a simple sofa with room to breathe. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026 The movie was originally edited by an Academy Award winner, and so coming in and basically re-editing his vision took some courage. — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for editing

Verb

Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy is revising downward its GDP growth forecast in 2026 due to the impact of Russian attacks, which have restricted exports, especially grain through Black Sea ports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Vedder was revising lyrics, and also trying to get the vocal takes up to his standards, which were already quite high.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of revising

Verb

In that conventional view, the International Style (a term MoMA introduced in 1932) proliferated as an instrument of the Cold War, adjusting to local preferences but always faithful to its Franco-German origins.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Neiman’s team dated the snail’s genome duplication to less than a million years ago — incredibly recent in evolutionary terms, but long enough ago for the species to have begun the longer process of adjusting to its heavier genomic load.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of adjusting

Verb

At the same time, Dempsey, one of Lee's business partners, was reading about the neighborhood, too.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Gray is central to the investment calls Blackstone makes, and spends his weekends reading memos on potential deals in preparation for his weekly investment committee meetings.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reading

Verb

After their decades observing goatsbeard adapting to polyploidy in the lab, the Soltises can even predict which genes are most likely to get the boot and which are more likely to stick around.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Teams can spend less time rebuilding general-purpose capabilities and more time adapting models to specific vehicles, geographies, safety cases and applications.

— John Gabriel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of adapting

Verb

Rather than reworking dishes every few weeks, the kitchen lets the produce dictate the experience.

— Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Pentagon officials, in other words, need to focus on reworking how the military trains, deploys, and enables AI systems—and not just on engineering or buying them.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reworking

Verb

Built in the mid-18th century as the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, 1 Savile Row later housed a diamond merchant and then the Royal Geographical Society before becoming a tailoring house in 1912.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Beyond these general recommendations, though, tailoring meal timing to your specific internal rhythms can be more complicated.

— Maggie Donahue, HEALTH, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of tailoring

Verb

The parliamentarian’s office is responsible for documenting and publishing the rules and precedents of its chamber.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face was recently hacked by one of OpenAI's agents, with Sam Altman's group publishing a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its models breached Hugging Face last month.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishing

Verb

Mars challenges restrictive Saturn, putting your desire to take a chance against someone else’s need for reassurance.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
The CameraJet came out on top on every metric—but the comparison seems a bit like putting a mortar and pestle up against a VitaMix.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026