as in relating
to form a close personal relationship
after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature
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Recent Examples of communing
The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Jefferson Airplane communing in the Haight.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with a celebrity, ideally a very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
From the Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum documenting the history of pharmacies, drugstores and medical media, to the Boomerang Diner, visitors will see history and present day communing with each other.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
After reigniting their own love for the game, spending hours on end at Chess Forum, one of the oldest chess clubs in New York, Z began imagining how to cultivate their own space that celebrated learning and teaching the game in a way emphasizing communing and knowing one's neighbors.
—Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wilderness in hopes of communing with a greater power, to be forced to confront their truest selves.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Even the film’s central idea of a child communing with giant, surreal automatons — such a eerily resonant image, recalling James Whale’s original Frankenstein — is ultimately a nonstarter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Jefferson Airplane communing in the Haight.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with a celebrity, ideally a very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
From the Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum documenting the history of pharmacies, drugstores and medical media, to the Boomerang Diner, visitors will see history and present day communing with each other.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
After reigniting their own love for the game, spending hours on end at Chess Forum, one of the oldest chess clubs in New York, Z began imagining how to cultivate their own space that celebrated learning and teaching the game in a way emphasizing communing and knowing one's neighbors.
—Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wilderness in hopes of communing with a greater power, to be forced to confront their truest selves.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Even the film’s central idea of a child communing with giant, surreal automatons — such a eerily resonant image, recalling James Whale’s original Frankenstein — is ultimately a nonstarter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communing
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The Pisces new moon creates opportunities for fulfillment through relating.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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In relating her story this way, Gisèle is restoring to the record her waking life.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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The all-inclusive Amazing Family Program fosters bonding through activities like yoga, treasure hunts, and family story time.—
Sheryl Nance Nash,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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The little guy is healthy, active and already bonding with his experienced mom — and the zoo says the public will get to meet him soon.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Recording is as simple as arming a track and clicking the Record icon.—
Jamie Lendino,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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How Viewers Use Rain Soundscapes People aren’t just clicking these videos once out of curiosity.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Communing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communing. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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