Synonyms of courting

courting 1 of 2

noun

as in dating

the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married

after two years of courting, they finally married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dating
• courtship
• romance
• suit
• affaire
• affair
• lovemaking
• wooing
• engagement
• love affair
• betrothal

courting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of court

1

as in wooing

to act so as to make (something) more likely

you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wooing
• inviting
• seeking
• looking for
• flirting (with)
• asking (for)
• hunting
• searching
• fishing (for)
• tempting
• provoking
• angling (for)

2

as in making love

to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage

they courted for a year before getting married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dating
• making love
• wooing
• keeping company
• going steady
• romancing
• attending
• escorting
• sparking
• gallanting
• seeing
• going out
• taking out
• stepping out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of courting

Noun

Of course, the only reason Oracle is in this position is down to Ellison’s courting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, which has allowed his company, previously a distinct back-of-the-pack cloud company, to secure a massive stockpile of top-of-the-line Nvidia GPUs. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

More importantly, he’s seen as Kemp’s preferred pick in the race after the governor declined an opportunity to run himself despite much courting from his party. —Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 17 Aug. 2025

Advertisement Back at home, Democrats hit out at Trump for his courting of Putin. —Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2025

The effort and time that goes into courting, the intentionality of charming someone, are part of the fun for me and doing so in person is the icing on the cake. —Aj Mason, Them., 8 Aug. 2025

Verb

While California’s deep-blue electorate is probably more receptive to AOC than most other states, Newsom’s strategy of courting the far-left carries significant risks, both for this vote and for his longer term viability in a presidential general election. —Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025

Kicking off its festival run at San Sebastian, the doc is primarily of interest to dance buffs and devotees of both performers, but may wind up courting a subset of the audience for such crossover theater-cinema events as the National Theater’s popular NT Live releases. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025

Squeri’s been a first mover in courting. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025

Neither country star has been shy about courting controversy. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Adcock hasn’t been shy about courting controversy. —Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025

Prior to his death on September 10, the conservative pundit and founder of Turning Point USA, who was killed by a gunshot wound to the neck during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University, had been courting backlash for years by making incendiary statements about vulnerable populations. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025

As the fashion types begin to migrate to New York for the start of fashion week, the C-suite bigwigs were leaning in on Wall Street, courting investors at Goldman Sachs’ annual retail conference. —Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025

Hong Kong set its eyes on courting cryptocurrency business in 2022 with its first policy statement on digital assets. —John Liu, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025