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

Other women who were checking the scene heard a baby crying and saw the car seat flipped on its side 20 feet from the car’s rear half on the grass. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

Reduce the chances of yellow jackets nesting in your yard by checking around your space for unoccupied rodent burrows. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026

All Portage Township Schools were placed on lockdown, and officers were checking Portage High School for threats. —Todd Feurer, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

Some airlines have been hiking the cost of checking luggage to compensate for their higher fuel expenses. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026

This wasn’t a celebrity checking a box. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

Customers checking one bag will pay $45 starting on Thursday, while a second will now cost $55, according to Southwest. —Rio Yamat, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026

More than a hundred lawmakers in the House and Senate signed letters sent to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in mid-March asking whether the Maven Smart System was involved in the strike on the school, and for more details on how the military is checking the work of AI. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026

Six hours would feel much more doable and probably be a better use of my time than obsessively checking the flight map every 30 minutes. —Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026