Synonyms of communicating

communicating 1 of 2

adjective

as in connecting

Related Words

• connecting
• connected
• joined
• attached
• linked
• united
• closest
• embracing
• interconnecting
• nearby
• approximate
• nearest
• immediate
• joining
• next-door
• encircling
• surrounding
• nigh
• adjacent
• touching
• near
• bounding
• close
• juxtaposed
• contiguous
• adjoining
• enclosing
• peripheral
• abutting
• neighboring
• flanking
• marginal
• conterminous
• tangential
• circumjacent
• fencing
• rimming
• fringing
• ambient
• skirting
• flush
• encompassing
• tangent
• verging
• bordering

Dissimilar Words

• separate
• discrete
• apart
• isolated
• single
• disconnected
• unconnected
• detached
• noncontiguous
• isolate
• remote
• distant
• removed
• nonadjacent
• unattached
• far
• free-standing
• unlinked
• away
• farthest
• resolved
• divided
• discontinuous
• split
• broken up
• severed
• divorced
• noncontinuous
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• far-off
• parted
• faraway
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

communicating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of communicate

1

as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another

the infected cook unknowingly communicated the disease to hundreds of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transmitting
• spreading
• conveying
• giving
• disseminating
• imparting
• propagating
• transferring
• conducting
• delivering
• transfusing
• broadcasting
• diffusing
• surrendering
• turning over
• infecting
• handing over
• contaminating
• poisoning
• handing down
• handing on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• catching
• contracting
• coming down (with)

2

as in talking

to engage in an exchange of information or ideas

for decades the two medical centers have been communicating about cancer research

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talking
• intercommunicating
• brainstorming
• conversing
• communing
• corresponding
• contacting
• relating
• messaging
• bonding
• approaching
• boarding
• accosting

3

as in displaying

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

his voice communicated a certain distrust and wariness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• revealing
• showing
• demonstrating
• betraying
• manifesting
• exposing
• declaring
• disclosing
• evincing
• giving away
• sounding
• uncovering
• announcing
• publicizing
• broadcasting
• proclaiming
• advertising
• baring
• bespeaking
• projecting
• airing
• unbosoming
• blazing
• trumpeting
• uncloaking
• placarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misrepresenting
• distorting
• falsifying
• twisting
• disguising
• belying
• camouflaging
• concealing
• hiding
• covering
• garbling
• masking
• obscuring
• varnishing
• glossing (over)
• whitewashing
• counterfeiting
• occluding
• veiling
• gilding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of communicating

Verb

Citing the temporary TikTok shutdown of January 2026 as an example, Jolicoeur frequently recommends that business owners have their own direct ways of communicating with their customers. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Pagnoni was actually communicating with an undercover detective from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Crimes Unit. — Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Across healthcare, banking, insurance and cybersecurity, both operational and customer-facing teams are expected to make fast, high-consequence decisions while communicating openly and honestly. — Rochelle Blease, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Nicholas, communicating by typing on his iPad during the couple’s Zoom interview with PEOPLE, shares a message of his own. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Now, which has been communicating with neighborhood residents about conditions around the warehouse. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Pritt, a married father of four according to his bio on the West Virginia Legislature site, allegedly began communicating with the victim between late 2024 and early 2025. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 July 2026

In the socializing and communicating category, for example, BLS doesn't specify how or where these activities are happening. — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Aside from the negotiation feature, the toolkit brings the whole sourcing process into one place, letting users move from finding a product to communicating with suppliers to paying for an order without switching platforms. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 July 2026