BRINGING IN Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

bringing in

verb

present participle of bring in

as in winning

to receive as return for effort she's bringing in good money selling houses

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of bringing in Razo said that raised questions about whether the academy was bringing in more children from outside the area than allowed by the city, and using the fields at the lower rates provided to the league. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 As of 2024, the company was bringing in $47 billion annually. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 After drafting another guard in Gabriela Jaquez and bringing in Diggins and DiJonai Carrington in free agency, the Sky backcourt was almost out of room. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Footwear makes up about 65% of total sales, bringing in roughly $30 billion. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 Over the summer, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss blew up the storied institution by firing its executive producer and key correspondents and bringing in far less experienced replacements, including several right-leaning opinion journalists. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Things can always change quickly, but Everton do not currently envisage bringing in a free agent to bolster their striker options. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 And as the backlash to generative AI continues to grow, especially in creative fields, those attempts are bringing in far more negative than positive attention. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 The Belmond group took it over in 2000 and began a four-year period of renovation, bringing in art historians and archaeologists while updating its design. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringing in

Verb

Whilst Black was first a BBC Three pilot and then greenlit to full series, becoming one of the BBC’s most critically-rated of recent years and winning BAFTAs.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Dozens of people applied for a NO SMOG plate, and Reagan had to pluck the winning application out of a hat.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of winning

Verb

Stallone also found work as an usher at a movie theater, earning just $34 a week.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
While De Luca and Abdy had a great run at the box office last year, this year has been littered with myriad misfires including The Bride, The End of Oak Street with no movie earning more than $100M stateside.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of earning

Verb

Victim of its own success However, the fact that demand for Novo’s products—and production—abroad is so massive means that its domestic economy isn’t reaping all the benefits.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
The tech sector of the S&P 500 has seen its forward price/earnings multiple contract from 29 to 21 in the past year with the market unwilling to extrapolate the profit surge in the absence of a clear path back to reaping oodles of free cash flow.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of reaping

Verb

After a weekend of alarming headlines about AI mishaps, public sector breaches, and agents gaining unauthorized access to outside systems, tech and AI CEOs are descending on Washington yet again this week.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
For front doors, these colors have a historically charming appeal that designers see gaining traction.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaining

Verb

After community outreach and a survey garnering more than 2,600 responses, city staff and a subcommittee composed of four city council members selected Union Plaza as its top recommendation to rename the park.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Since then, OpenAI has reported other incidents of agents acting without authorization from humans, garnering concerns from AI safety advocates.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of garnering

Verb

Along with return airport transfers, VIP airport assistance, 30-minute photo sessions, daily wellness activities, Balinese house visits, private melukat purification ceremonies, and jamu-making classes are all complimentary.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
In turn, an interpretation may report that no concerning variant was found without making clear that the relevant gene was not fully examined.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of making

Verb

But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
As a girl growing up in the 1970s, Griffin recalls how her parents and other neighbors in the two-street patch of homes did not let their children play at the nearby Fannie Robinson Park after some of them started developing rashes or getting sick.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of getting

Browse Nearby Words

bringing forth

bringing in

bringing off

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Bringing in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringing%20in. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of bringing in

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

adventitious

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Oct. 2

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes