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
• 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

They were fined $250,000 a year later for violating rules against offering unauthorized business or investment opportunities to players during their courting of free agent DeAndre Jordan. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

The problem with the abstract expressionists’ relentless courting of the sublime was that the process of distillation produced too much bombast. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

On the day before the last weekend of the LaLiga season in Spain, where Bellingham currently plays for Real Madrid, Icons became his first memorabilia partner, concluding a three-and-a-half-year courting period. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026

Some of it was sought-after — Levinson is a provocateur, and his courting of controversy has earned the series nine Emmy wins and far more nominations. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026

But Armour, who grew up swimming alongside these creatures and works for local outfitter Diving With Giants, is doing his best translation of their cetacean courting calls. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 24 May 2026

It’s often said that age is just a number, and a new Netflix reality dating series will soon put the old adage to the test by taking age entirely out of the courting equation. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026

During Netflix’s courting process, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said all the right things and won over many inside HBO with the idea that the brand would stay intact and operate as its own quality label, much like FX inside Hulu and Disney. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026

The courting of crypto He has been courting crypto ever since. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026

Verb

But the teams behind Kalshi and Polymarket aren’t just courting users with regular advertisements. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Garcetti was already courting Lucas and Hobson, and initially proposed that the museum replace the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. — Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The brothers, who are YouTube stars with various experience in boxing and wrestling, as well as courting controversy, have landed a fight competition series at Hulu and ESPN. — Peter White, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Robinhood landed its first IPO underwriting assignment, a sign that retail investors — long an afterthought for companies going public — are a fan base worth courting. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026

AfD leaders in Saxony-Anhalt are also courting the more right-wing factions of the mainstream conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) – though Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vehemently ruled out any cooperation. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

He's spent large amounts of time courting and flirting with unpredictable adversaries like North Korea and Russia. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

But that sympathy can’t quite make up for the galling fact of Nelson’s sons, now teenagers stuck in limbo as a father figure stubbornly insists on courting further ruin. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

In spite of this powerful protest, Jelly Roll continued responding to and courting further backlash as his guest-host stint continued. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026