Synonyms of assessing

assessing

verb

present participle of assess

1

as in imposing

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imposing
• charging
• levying
• fining
• putting
• exacting
• laying
• penalizing
• taxing
• excising
• inflicting
• extorting
• forcing
• milking
• docking
• coercing
• gouging
• bleeding
• squeezing
• relaying
• compelling
• wringing
• wreaking
• mulcting
• wresting
• fleecing
• skinning
• shaking down
• setting
• reapplying
• reimposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminishing
• remitting
• lessening
• ignoring
• releasing
• abating
• disregarding
• forgiving
• excusing
• condoning
• pardoning
• glossing (over)
• glozing (over)

2

as in estimating

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding

let's step back and assess the situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimating
• valuing
• evaluating
• appraising
• rating
• valuating
• analyzing
• setting
• guesstimating
• determining
• ascertaining
• discovering
• judging
• learning
• adjudging
• deeming
• surveying
• reassessing
• testing
• deciding
• pricing
• reevaluating
• reappraising
• assaying
• prizing
• revaluing
• underestimating
• misjudging
• undervaluing
• settling
• rejudging
• transvaluing
• transvaluating
• misesteeming
• misprizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assessing

This provides a unified approach to assessing the potential effects of genetic variants. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

Pre-assessing how valuable your advice is or how well someone can handle the truth can make well-meaning feedback sound patronizing. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026

The House of Delegates voted for the AMA to advocate for more federal reforms to the process of assessing and approving ingredients. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026

But that’s not just assessing the results with a 20-20 rearview. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Investors are assessing whether the matter will have damaging spillover effects on the business. — April Roach, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

In a simulated patient case, a model might be asked to decide which tests to order, with clinicians assessing whether its choices are medically appropriate. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

This holds true even when just assessing the fertility rate of mothers born in the United States (immigrant mothers have a slightly higher fertility rate than native mothers). — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026

The central bank's board voted unanimously late Monday to put Ueno Bank into resolution and hand its management to officials charged with assessing its finances and protecting its assets, the regulator said Tuesday. — Emilio Sanabria, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026