Synonyms of compromising

compromising 1 of 2

adjective

as in yielding

Related Words

• yielding
• compliant
• acquiescent
• pliable
• loose
• pliant
• lax
• flexible
• relenting
• relaxed
• slack
• easy
• lenient
• mild
• spoiling
• tolerant
• easygoing
• indulgent
• negligent
• gentle
• merciful
• kindly
• sloppy
• slipshod
• neglectful
• pampering
• slovenly
• soft
• remiss
• unfussy

Dissimilar Words

• uncompromising
• rigid
• strict
• stringent
• rigorous
• exacting
• inflexible
• hard-line
• close
• exact
• scrupulous
• conscientious
• cast-iron
• meticulous
• painstaking
• fussy
• punctilious
• undeviating
• resolved
• relentless
• stubborn
• brassbound
• steadfast
• adamant
• tenacious
• firm
• unflinching
• determined
• unbending
• dogged
• adamantine
• single-minded

compromising

2 of 2

verb

present participle of compromise

1

as in endangering

to place in danger

officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endangering
• threatening
• risking
• jeopardizing
• imperiling
• gambling (with)
• menacing
• venturing
• hazarding
• jeoparding
• periling
• adventuring
• intimidating
• subjecting
• exposing
• chancing
• wagering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• guarding
• shielding
• preserving
• saving
• sheltering
• resuming

2

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• marring
• injuring
• weakening
• crippling
• hurting
• impairing
• eroding
• spoiling
• harming
• breaking
• undermining
• destroying
• ruining
• vitiating
• disfiguring
• defacing
• crossing (up)
• deteriorating
• bloodying
• flawing
• shattering
• blemishing
• crabbing
• endamaging
• wounding
• battering
• wrecking
• enfeebling
• tarnishing
• demolishing
• wearing (away)
• scouring
• enervating
• denting
• blighting
• devastating
• torturing
• wasting
• smashing
• disabling
• botching
• washing out
• crushing
• mutilating
• annihilating
• tormenting
• decimating
• mangling
• lacerating
• pulverizing
• queering
• hamstringing
• maiming
• totaling
• wiping out
• gumming (up)
• dashing
• bashing
• tearing down
• clobbering
• dinging
• dinting
• razing
• doing in
• desolating
• laming
• scourging
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• fixing
• reconstructing
• rebuilding
• helping
• patching
• renovating
• revamping
• healing
• reconditioning
• mending
• curing
• rehabilitating
• improving
• rectifying
• remedying
• doctoring
• revising
• enhancing
• remodeling
• editing
• perfecting
• enriching
• bettering
• refining
• ameliorating
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of compromising

Adjective

Khamenei is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began. — ABC News, 13 June 2026

Khamenei is succeeded as supreme leader by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began. — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026

He is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is seen as even less compromising. — Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 11 June 2026

The differences have been between the more and the less patient, the cruder and the subtler, the slightly more compromising and the hard-core fanatics. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026

Bowser Bowser is a ruler seen as a tyrant, with a non-compromising attitude. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026

The younger Khamenei is seen as even less compromising than his late father. — Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026

On Thursday, an East Bay Substack published a 2024 letter to Bonta alleging that Andy Duong had a compromising video of Bonta for potential use as blackmail. — Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Nov. 2025

The Broncos can’t put their defense in that many compromising situations. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

Verb

Organizations must develop leaders who can recognize their emotional triggers, demonstrate empathy without compromising accountability, manage difficult conversations maturely and adapt their leadership style to different people and situations. — Dr. Manish Pratap Singh Chandel, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Sarah Polley brought Miriam Toews’s heartbreaking novel to the big screen with great care and without compromising its complexity. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

However, the discharge stage could be accelerated without compromising the formation process. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

The Florida Department of Education reported a hack into the state’s student financial aid portal Thursday, potentially compromising millions of Floridians’ personal information such as Social Security numbers. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

In a wartime scenario, when the defense industrial base is needed most, compromising American production lines or weapons systems could provide opponents with enormous advantages. — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

What stood out to me this season was the confidence of designers expressing their own creative vision without compromising their cultural roots. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Options such as enclomiphene or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) may help maintain testosterone without compromising fertility. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

So many people make a deal with the devil, compromising their principles, and are not able to acknowledge it to others or to themselves. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026