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 Request personal quotes and confirm inclusions, exclusions and current prices before booking. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Be sure to check the eligibility requirements and terms before booking. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Meta launched Muse in September, pitching it as an agent that can perform tasks like sending emails, booking travel, and logging calendars. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 There will also be performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Tate McRae, Megan Moroney and Katseye, continuing the company’s tradition of booking major musical acts for its runway productions. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue's new domestic first class, BlueFirst, is now available for booking on flights across more than 30 routes, the airline said Thursday. — Maggie Roth, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Organizers later cited competition in the festival market and challenges booking country artists as factors in skipping 2025 and 2026. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The idea is to use them for booking flights, booking dinner reservations, buying gifts for people, but not only that. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 The average round-trip domestic flight for Thanksgiving will set you back $402, an increase of 31 percent from last year, according to the travel booking app Hopper. — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The house wine list would greatly benefit from including a rosé option rather than reserving it exclusively for the Manager’s Wine List, which incurs an additional charge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Automating classification while reserving human review for high-risk cases strengthens governance, improves compliance and reduces the risk of sensitive data exposure.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of reserving

Verb

Planning Commission member Karen Sherman pointed out the city ordinance prohibits driveways exiting onto collector streets for safety.

— Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Katie Zacharia is exiting her job as White House Press Secretary after just five days in the position, according to a person familiar with the situation.

— Connor Greene, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of exiting

Verb

Bailey and Michael have been federally indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with allegations involving the hiring process.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
When spending drops, prices and wages don't quickly and flexibly adjust to keep people buying and businesses hiring.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of hiring

Verb

Uganda’s health ministry said the man spent fewer than 24 hours in the country and had a normal temperature when screened before departing Entebbe International Airport, near Kampala.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
After 10 years at the helm of Saint Laurent, creative director Anthony Vaccarello is departing the house.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of departing

Verb

Spirit’s efforts to sell tranches of data to Google for $10 million hit several speed bumps after getting public attention in August.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Eaton, in conjunction with developer Sue Powers’ Urban Ventures, plans to renovate the building and reduce its unit count from 62 to 50, with each unit getting its own bathroom for the first time.

— Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of getting

Verb

Ryu wins the first time, but the brothers have a falling out and start a beef with a demon named Akuna before going their separate ways.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Moody's, citing PitchBook data, said private equity distributions dropped from more than 30% of starting net asset value in 2022 to about 12% today.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Plasma will fully adopt the Wayland system and put support for starting new X11 sessions in Plasma to bed.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of starting

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