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

Ukrainian prosecutors have said both Zhykovych and Reut were communicating with Berezovska in the months leading up to the attack and made several cryptocurrency payments and bank transfers to her. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

The role includes conducting press briefings, communicating administration policies, responding to media inquiries and helping shape public messaging on major issues facing the White House. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Telling a debt collector to stop communicating with you doesn't prevent other collection efforts, either, which can potentially include a lawsuit or negative credit reporting when legally permitted. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Within months, while in jail, Spitze asked his father for help communicating with at least one of his victims, according to prosecutors. — Mike Levine, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Since February, Marnik has been the executive director of The Evidence Collective, a group of clinicians and scientists who are active on social media and pool their efforts in communicating accurate information about public health. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026

According to the Daily Mail, Aniston and Pitt began communicating regularly after reuniting backstage at the 2020 Actor Awards (formerly known as the SAG Awards). — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Aug. 2026

By the time conferences are on the calendar, parents and teachers already should be communicating. — Cheyanne Mumphrey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Still another woman, Julianna Arnold, recalled her daughter, Coco, communicating with someone on one of Meta’s apps who allegedly sold her a drug laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026