Synonyms of conducting

conducting

verb

present participle of conduct

1

as in supervising

to look after and make decisions about

the company's president continues to conduct the everyday affairs of the software firm he founded many years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervising
• overseeing
• managing
• operating
• handling
• controlling
• regulating
• running
• governing
• administering
• directing
• keeping
• guiding
• tending
• protecting
• superintending
• administrating
• presiding (over)
• carrying on
• leading
• overlooking
• watching over
• stewarding
• watching
• steering
• piloting
• safeguarding
• guarding
• minding
• caring (for)
• stage-managing
• micromanaging
• codirecting
• comanaging

2

as in directing

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway

the gutter conducts water to the curb, thus protecting the house's basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• directing
• carrying
• channeling
• funneling
• channelizing
• piping
• focusing
• siphoning
• canalizing
• transmitting
• conveying
• consolidating
• concentrating

3

as in carrying

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way

conducted themselves at the party like perfect ladies and gentlemen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carrying
• behaving
• composing
• acquitting
• handling
• restraining
• containing
• collecting
• controlling
• comporting
• checking
• playing
• quitting
• demeaning
• bearing
• deporting
• inhibiting
• modulating
• curbing
• constraining
• repressing
• quieting
• acting
• tempering
• moderating
• impersonating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carrying on
• misbehaving
• cutting up
• acting up
• misconducting

4

as in guiding

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front

a job conducting tourists through the historical museum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guiding
• steering
• leading
• accompanying
• showing
• directing
• escorting
• ushering
• routing
• piloting
• preceding
• marshaling
• attending
• managing
• controlling
• seeing
• chaperoning
• convoying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• trailing
• tailing
• shadowing
• hounding
• dogging
• tailgating

5

as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another

a material that conducts heat quite efficiently

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• catching
• contracting
• coming down (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conducting

In Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra province, schools from kindergarten to junior high were ordered to start conducting classes online Wednesday under an emergency measure. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

In the 1950s and 1960s, the aerospace industry found eggshells’ resistance to shattering to be a useful model when conducting failure analysis studies of the metal shells used to build airplanes. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

This legislation is significant in light of recent escalations by militant West Bank settlers conducting a campaign of killing, arson and intimidation against Palestinians to expel them from their land. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

Citing industry sources, Digitimes reports that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is conducting a comprehensive review of CPU prices, gross profit, and manufacturing costs amid a global memory crisis and rising demand for some specific processors. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

After conducting the same meeting in person in Detroit last September, many involved wanted this year’s to be over Zoom, to avoid traveling at a time of year when there’s plenty to do for the coaches and GMs, with camps opening next week. — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The Office of Professional Standards is conducting a review of the agency's response to the stunt racing, including the actions of the trooper involved in the crash. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The ruling blocked Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from conducting the election using the new map. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

The department was in the process of conducting contact tracing. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026