BOARDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

boarding

verb

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present participle of board

as in feeding

to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

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Recent Examples of boarding Progress has been made on the Game of Thrones movie, first announced as entering early development at Warner Bros in the fall of 2024, with Andor‘s Beau Willimon boarding the project as screenwriter, Deadline has confirmed. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026 Police later reviewed bus footage that showed the defendant waiting and then boarding the bus. —

Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 2026 All visitors are required to present a Real ID and to expect additional screening before boarding the shuttle. —

Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026 Travelers can avoid missing updates by enabling airline app notifications and closely monitoring departure boards before boarding. —

Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026 The Pillar story alleges that Dudley spotted the bishop making late-night border crossings into Mexico, parking in a lot reserved for customers of a brothel, then boarding a shuttle exclusive to customers of the brothel. —

Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Dali was arrested and held in custody for more than seven months until her conviction for illegally boarding the Paris flight. —

Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 Glickman recalls boarding an Air Force G-3 from Andrews along with Secret Service agents, a military official and a series of advisers not on his usual staff. —

Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026 Police are investigating the death of a man who authorities believe was injured in a hit-and-run in New Haven before boarding a bus to a neighboring town. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026

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This severe weather is feeding on well above-average temperatures that are spreading east, some of which may break more daily high temperature records.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Doncic’s brilliance was more than enough against the bottom-feeding Pacers, who, at 15-48, are playing more for lottery position than postseason hopes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026