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

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

The Sabres traded defenseman Bowen Byram and checking line forward Jordan Greenway to the Chicago Blackhawks. — ABC News, 24 June 2026

Think booking concert tickets (mostly) autonomously, pulling items from your Notes app and adding them to an Amazon cart, or checking your emails and drafting a response. — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Once this was confirmed, the team started checking fossil collections in other museums across America, looking for youngsters of other ancient lineages to see whether the missing tadpole phase was a broader evolutionary trend. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 23 June 2026