OK'ing

verb

variants or okaying
present participle of OK
1
as in approving
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory a judge will have to OK the search warrant

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2
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of I'm glad that my friends OK'd my choice of girlfriend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for OK'ing
  1. approving
  2. accepting
  3. ratifying
  4. confirming
Verb
  • Those discussions moved forward, with the Eagan City Council eventually approving a contentious land-use amendment, which was met with swift pushback from the community.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026
  • The approval layers built are approving decisions that have already been made.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of approving
Verb
  • Not Carrying Cash During the pandemic, Japan got a lot better about accepting digital payments, but there are still lots of places that only want cold, hard cash, especially small businesses.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
  • The roughly 15-minute speech July 3 touched on his own biography while also spotlighting America's long history of accepting people from all corners of the world.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of accepting
Verb
  • During that ratifying convention, Wilson also argued that the franchise should extend broadly, beyond just property owners.
    — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Both resolutions, ratifying the clerk-treasurer’s office policies and procedures and the public comment policy, will be brought back up at the council’s July meeting.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Definition of ratifying
Verb
  • Genetic tests can detect Klinefelter disease, for instance, confirming an explanation for low testosterone levels.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Bhasin helped write the Endocrine Society’s current guidelines for testosterone, which recommend discussing testosterone with men who have documented symptoms and two blood test results confirming low hormone levels.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of confirming
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“OK'ing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/OK%27ing. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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