BOOKING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

booking

verb

Definition of booking

present participle of book

as in reserving

to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use we booked a conference room for the meeting next week

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Relevance

as in exiting

slang to leave a place often for another I'm running late, so I've got to book

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Recent Examples of booking So that was the craziest 24 hours of my life, booking this role, going to this premiere of a movie that people were so excited about, having James Gunn over at the DC side. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 What’s changed in the streaming era and post-Covid are booking patterns. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 Several comics are on the rise, including Ali Siddiq, who is booking arenas like State Farm for the first time, and Matt McCusker, who is moving up to Atlanta Symphony Hall after headlining shows at Helium Comedy Club in Alpharetta last year. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Galer said the officer searched Martin twice — once during the arrest and once during booking downtown. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026 Guests staying in Family Concierge and The Reserve—as well as anyone booking a spa treatment—also receive one hour of complimentary access to the YHI Spa's hydrotherapy circuit, complete with a steam room, sauna, plunge pool, and hydrotherapy pools. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Travelers who are considering booking one of these flights can use websites like SkyAccess, which posts available empty leg inventory for flights weeks or months in advance. — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 Seabourn is also offering up the chance to hop onboard for parts of the overall journey around the world in extended voyages—though there will be some perks limited just to those booking the entire World Cruise package. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026 But in some sense, booking the USC band was a sly way of giving away the magic trick, almost. — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for booking

Verb

In the ballroom case, Roberts broke with that stance, not only joining the three liberal Justices but reserving his authority to write the dissent himself.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Lee recommends quartz or porcelain around wet areas and reserving butcher block for a dry island.

— Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of reserving

Verb

While exiting a direct index fund is relatively straightforward, moving out of a tax-aware long-short strategy involves deleveraging, which means the unrealized gains can all get realized at once.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Henderson allowed one unearned run on two hits, striking out six and walking one before exiting after Carson Kelly's leadoff single in the sixth.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of exiting

Verb

But incredibly, that failure actually paved the way for his return to the competition last season, with Benfica hiring him just weeks later.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Restaurants and bars led hiring with 59,000 new jobs, and local government education added 42,000, largely reversing a dip the month before.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hiring

Verb

Going analyzed its 2026 flight deal data to find the US airports that have offered the most affordable departing flights so far in 2026.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
Trains rumble behind the main stadiums, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, while planes approaching and departing from La Guardia Airport bring their stomach-churning roars.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of departing

Verb

But at this point, many SEC administrators would rather find out by getting a win or by losing and then moving forward with that knowledge.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The storm, now moving west-northwest at just 5 mph, is forecast to turn northward to north-northeastward with an increase in forward speed Sunday and Monday, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest update.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of moving

Verb

Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The priority, however, is getting Ohtani back to himself on the offensive side before the postseason — whether that means a couple days off or more than a week.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of getting

Verb

After going behind early to a Kai Havertz goal, PSG had to remain patient, before gradually asserting their authority in the contest.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The whole thing was essentially an American Cadillac crossed with an Italian coachbuilt exotic, at a time when Detroit was already going completely bonkers with automotive excess.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Kevin Danso, who closed the season as his starting centre-back, and Cristian Romero have been replaced in the starting line-up by Jan Paul van Hecke, a classy but less physically dominant defender than the outgoers.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But just as at any school, the students are then split into many more subcultures, starting with those in the co-ops—student-run living and dining communities that essentially stand in for Greek life.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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