Synonyms of boarding

boarding

verb

present participle of board

1

as in feeding

to provide food or meals for

housed and boarded many foster children over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feeding
• catering
• provisioning
• serving
• sustaining
• waiting
• victualing
• dining
• filling
• nurturing
• messing
• banqueting
• feasting
• overfeeding
• battening
• nourishing
• fattening
• regaling
• refeeding
• underfeeding
• force-feeding
• hand-feeding
• reprovisioning
• spoon-feeding
• surfeiting

2

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter

boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• lodging
• accommodating
• sheltering
• rooming
• camping
• bunking
• billeting
• roofing
• quartering
• encamping
• taking in
• harboring
• bestowing
• domiciling
• stabling
• bivouacking
• chambering
• securing
• homing
• tenting
• putting up
• roosting
• shedding
• bedding (down)
• ensconcing
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejecting
• evicting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boarding

That loss has translated into over 40,000 industry jobs gone, vendors boarding up their storefronts and an exodus of below and above-the-line talent from the high cost of living in the City of Angels. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

He is accused of boarding a boat and shutting off the oxygen supply of a teenager who was diving at the time. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

The tale begins with a successful novelist in late middle age boarding a train after a publishing event. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Outside of cartoon land, however, the notion of boarding an exotic new flying machine—particularly one not yet certified by the Federal Aviation Administration—might not reassure a wary public. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Courtney Cox spotted boarding a boat along with friend, Jennifer Aniston, in Mallorca, for a summer vacation on July 27. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall. — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

According to the affidavit, Fischer contacted a New York travel agency before purchasing an American Airlines ticket from Boston to London, only to cancel the reservation before boarding the flight. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Meanwhile, Grupo Morbido’s Pablo Guisa Koestinger is boarding as a producer alongside executive producers Eli Roth, Begos and Meg Thomson. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 July 2026