Synonyms of checking

checking

verb

present participle of check

1

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point

their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponding
• coinciding
• conforming
• agreeing
• answering
• fitting
• sorting
• consisting
• according
• tallying
• going
• squaring
• harmonizing
• rhyming
• matching
• aligning
• falling in with
• dovetailing
• comporting
• cohering
• jibing
• paralleling
• chording
• registering
• equaling
• lining up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differing (from)
• disagreeing (with)
• contradicting
• disputing
• conflicting
• nullifying
• negating
• clashing
• gainsaying
• jarring

2

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill

a tree finally checked the skidding car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• catching
• halting
• stalling
• staying
• blocking
• arresting
• pulling up
• hindering
• stilling
• holding
• bringing up
• drawing up
• suspending
• impeding
• holding up
• snagging
• obstructing
• stemming
• fetching up
• clogging
• ending
• detaining
• holding back
• concluding
• balking
• cutting off
• terminating
• baffling
• blockading
• calling
• damming
• suppressing
• discontinuing
• turning back
• squashing
• bottlenecking
• repressing
• stunting
• squelching
• reining (in)
• choking off
• stanching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• keeping (on)
• persisting
• carrying on
• moving
• keeping up
• running on
• proceeding
• progressing
• advancing
• marching
• pushing
• driving
• going along
• stirring
• following through (with)
• faring
• spurring
• actuating
• propelling
• wending
• impelling
• goading
• budging

3

as in keeping

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met

Synonyms & Similar Words

• keeping
• controlling
• containing
• regulating
• curbing
• measuring
• restraining
• suppressing
• holding
• stopping
• taming
• governing
• stifling
• ruling
• inhibiting
• constraining
• pulling in
• interrupting
• bridling
• swallowing
• reining (in)
• blocking
• holding back
• repressing
• choking (back)
• impeding
• smothering
• arresting
• strangling
• hindering
• hampering
• obstructing
• bottling (up)
• sinking
• squelching
• silencing
• pocketing
• mincing
• muffling
• handcuffing
• gagging
• muzzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• loosening
• expressing
• liberating
• venting
• taking out
• airing
• loosing
• unleashing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of checking

Allow your eyes 20 to 30 minutes to adapt to the darkness, avoid checking bright smartphone screens and don’t use binoculars or telescopes, which will only restrict your view of the night sky. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

An easy way of testing this is checking the current texture of your hair. — Dominic Cadogan, Glamour, 25 July 2026

Now the flex of having attended one of the listening parties in 25 cities across the globe can only be inferred from checking the date someone logged. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Ground yourself by checking balances and receipts before purchasing, and choose value over novelty if a tempting offer appears. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Your hands are one of the most reliable tools for checking soil moisture. — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

Even 10 minutes of listening to something calming instead of checking work email can carry the mindset into office days. — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Parents can also lower the risk by taking children on regular bathroom breaks, checking diapers often and changing them in a restroom instead of near the pool. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026

He is accused of not checking work authorizations before hiring laborers, according to the Post. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 26 June 2026