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

In response to the latest move by the White House, Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada is assessing the measures. — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Concerns about the winter With Southern California still assessing the significant coastal damage from big waves and high tides in recent days, forecasters warned that more erosion was expected. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Forgetting the past and merely assessing the present, the Bengals are contenders and should be viewed as such. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Witness the botch job that was made of assessing the 9% ratings drop in 2016, which apparently had nothing to with the usual election-year cannibalism or a tsunami of high-profile player injuries. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Crews also conducted search and rescue operations, including for the pilot and co-pilot inside the cockpit, while also locating and assessing patients throughout the scene, MDFR said. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Instead of assessing the particle only as a whole, researchers used instrumented indentation to examine the response of its individual coating layers. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Crews are assessing damage, but repairs may be delayed in areas with winds exceeding 35 mph. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

The ministry plans to introduce an integrated AI platform in command and control to improve speed and accuracy in decision-making, including assessing battlefields and choosing targets. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026