CARRYING Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

carrying

verb

present participle of carry

as in hauling

to support and take from one place to another each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack

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as in packing

to wear or have on one's person I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot

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as in offering

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition all of the television networks will carry the president's speech

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as in including

to have as part of a whole the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts

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as in sustaining

to hold up or serve as a foundation for erected a trellis to carry the vine

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as in earning

to receive as return for effort carried off the award for best picture of the year

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as in behaving

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity

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Recent Examples of carrying This one moved from *NSYNC and Drake to Usher and Kool & the Gang, with brass filling stadiums and drumlines carrying the energy long after the opening kick of Week 3 in HBCU football. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Last month, Customs Air and Marine Operations agents stopped a boat about 22 nautical miles from Miami-Dade County carrying 19 people from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Because of the wiring, the old bag used to dig into my armpit when carrying it by the shoulder straps; the newer, longer straps and frameless structure avoid this. — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Some attendees arrived carrying memories of watching lucha as children. — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 The strike prevented an Iranian flight carrying a Houthi delegation from landing. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026 By the 2004 campaign, the vocabulary was everywhere, carrying connotations that nobody had assigned it on purpose. — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026 Tesla's Cybercab is finally carrying riders in Austin, Texas. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 For the first time in three years, Iowa claimed the Cy-Hawk Trophy, and when carrying it off the field, a pair of offensive linemen dropped it on the turf, nearly breaking it. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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But decarbonizing heavy-duty coastal carriers currently hauling thousands of tonnes of industrial raw materials all over the globe remains an exceptionally tough nut to crack.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
The driver of the semi hauling the cattle was rushed to the hospital by ambulance.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hauling

Verb

When packing bananas in your bag, make sure they’re cushioned and not packed too tightly to avoid splitting.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
Odalys, which is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, is forecast to gradually strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane by late Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of packing

Verb

Preckwinkle aimed the loans at districts with limited borrowing capacity or low cash reserves, offering interest-free money with a simpler application.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
But the lack of consistent guidelines has led to unsustainable bidding wars between schools offering seven-figure salaries.

— The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of offering

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The administration has taken steps to upend the nation's vaccine guidance -- many of them since halted by a judge -- including downsizing the childhood immunization schedule.

— FATIMA HUSSEIN, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Original moldings, door knobs, and wood paneling have been preserved, but spaces have been shaped for contemporary use including made disabled-accessible.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of including

Verb

The Aggies' leading tackler, Harrison Taggart, was taken off in an ambulance in the first half after sustaining what appeared to be a head injury.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Two adults were injured, and 16 children were hurt, with one child sustaining serious injuries and being airlifted from the crash to Birmingham, Ala.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of sustaining

Verb

The changing geography coincides with a growing Latino middle class, with nearly one-third of Latino households in Chicago now earning at least $100,000 a year.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The single stayed on the Hot 100 for over a year, and the album went gold, earning earned him a Grammy nomination for male pop vocal performance.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of earning

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In office, however, Fetterman entered treatment for depression and later began behaving so erratically that Jentleson resigned as his chief of staff and alerted the senator’s doctor.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Immediately report to park staff any concerns such as an animal behaving unusually, aggressively, or otherwise appearing sick or injured.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of behaving

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Majidreza Hariri, the head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce, said last month that transporting a single container between Iran and China via ships costs about $3,000, according to Hariri.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
In March, Saudi Arabia, because of the shipping restrictions in the Persian Gulf, began transporting its crude oil through a pipeline that stretches from the kingdom’s Eastern Province to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, on its western coast.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026