browsing

verb

present participle of browse
1
as in grazing
to feed on grass or herbs cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in glancing
to take a quick or hasty look browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books

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Recent Examples of browsing And a 2020 report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Google shared sensitive user data — including geolocation, device IDs, identifying cookies and browsing history — with potentially hundreds of digital advertising companies. — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026 The 13-inch Neo is designed to handle low-intensity productivity tasks, browsing, streaming, and AI features for students, families, and first-time Mac buyers. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 The National Retail Federation found that two-fifths of holiday shoppers​ planned to start browsing or buying before November in 2025. — Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Visiting the Storehouse is like browsing an IKEA filled with irreplaceable items. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 In another set of studies, adults who made more frequent and extreme upward comparisons reported an immediate decline in self-evaluation and cumulative declines in self-esteem and life satisfaction over a browsing session. — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 Instead of discovering and browsing websites themselves, customers could delegate those tasks to Muse. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Certain Chrome shopping features may also require additional browsing information or settings, including Make searches and browsing better. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The busiest shopping weeks still exist, but the preparation, browsing and purchases can begin months before the holidays arrive. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browsing
  1. grazing
  2. glancing
  3. foraging
  4. peeking
Verb
  • A shot to her back and a bullet grazing her skull led to medical complications and her ultimate retirement from the Army.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While the Griffiths were in a carriage on their way to the grave of Tina’s recently-deceased mother, someone fired a gun at them from another carriage, grazing Griffith’s head.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of grazing
Verb
  • Advertisement As a result, many older users who may have only had glancing interactions with AI have become avid users.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • As Grace and Todd approach the president’s limo, a small spark can be seen glancing off of the front of the car.
    — Adam B. Vary, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of glancing
Verb
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger Nithya Raman darted across the city over the weekend, foraging for votes as the clock ticks down before Tuesday’s election.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Independent foraging guides are multiplying like mushrooms after a rain.
    — Rachel Levin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of foraging
Verb
  • Madore is standing on her hind legs, her beady black eyes peeking out from underneath her woolly fur, looking at the viewer expectantly.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of peeking

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“Browsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browsing. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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