Synonyms of dating

dating 1 of 2

noun

as in romance

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

their dating had been going on for so long that she was starting to wonder if she'd ever take that trip down the aisle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• romance
• courtship
• courting
• suit
• affair
• lovemaking
• engagement
• wooing
• love affair
• betrothal

dating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of date

1

as in accompanying

to go on a social engagement with

I don't want to date him—I'd rather just be friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanying
• going out (with)
• taking out
• escorting
• seeing
• courting
• wooing

2

as in courting

to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage

we dated for two years before we got engaged

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dating

Noun

After one year of dating, the couple announced their engagement in April 2001. —Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026

And that means modern dating is taking a hit. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 May 2026

Online dating does that age me? —Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

Season one dove headfirst into the age-old romantic trope of fake dating with music student Hannah Wells (Bright), who, in true hockey fashion, is often called Wellsy by her love interest, Garrett Graham (Cameli). —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026

Inspired by Victoria and David Beckham’s trip to Italy in the early days of dating, the sultry scent melds notes of sea breeze, incense, amber, and vetiver with patchouli and musk. —Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 May 2026

The show's plot revolves around tropes that are intentionally comforting and formulaic—fake dating, jock meets girl next door, and opposites attract—and evidently, the styling follows suit. —Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 27 May 2026

Radiocarbon dating indicated the stromatolites formed between roughly 23,400 and 14,600 years ago, suggesting the hydrothermal lake may have persisted for tens of thousands of years after the impact. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026

Online dating is a strange experience. —William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

Verb

Richmond and Fey started dating, and after seven years together, the couple married in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in 2001. —Desiree Ossandon, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

Meanwhile, critics see them as a PR tool at the service of an authoritarian dictatorship dating back to the 1960s. —Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 3 June 2026

Under Castro, Cuba also entered negotiations with Russia’s government in June 2014 that led to the cancellation of 90% of a multibillion-dollar debt dating from the time of the Soviet Union. —ABC News, 3 June 2026

Gustafsson has been a big part of Sweden's '08 age group dating back to U17s, logging first-pairing minutes and playing in all situations (five-on-five, PK, and PP). —Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Potatoes arrived in Europe later that century and in North America about half a century after that, with European settlers (though researchers in Utah have found residue of a wild potato on a tool dating back more than 10,000 years). —Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026

As younger audiences pull back from online dating in favor of live events and real cultural moments, there has been a surge of interest in concepts from these creators. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 June 2026

Chan gives her clients various tips and tricks to reframe their attitude toward dating and open them up to love. —Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 3 June 2026

The Padres have now lost seven of their past eight series against the Phillies, dating back to 2022. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026