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

To get to the bottom of the mystery of the article’s spurious dating, Cade and a team of researchers from around the globe sifted through historic reports and observations of geomagnetic activity to set the record straight. — Mike McRae 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Their accounts demonstrate how AI is blurring the line between what's real and what's fake in the already fraught arena of online dating. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

After a year of dating, they got engaged and bought a home together in Inverness, a city in Central Florida. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Affordability is a key player in the shift from dinner dates to breakfast or coffee, as the cost of dating has risen in recent years. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Thus far her novels have covered hockey romance, fake dating, cowboys, football and more. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Episode 2 will feature actor, writer and comedian Sophia Sherman and special guest Count Dracula discussing 400 years of dating and situationships. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Regularly talk to them about what constitutes a healthy friendship or dating relationship and what respect looks like. — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 23 Sep. 2026

The same goes for his perspectives on race, dating, gender, and generational divides shaped by his upbringing in Waukegan, Illinois. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

That production is the wrinkle that elevates Seventhirty’s lyrics from modern dating podcast material to pure melodrama. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

The two became friends and started dating about six months later, just weeks before she was indicted on federal fraud charges. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

In 2014, The New Yorker described Holmes as living in a two-bedroom Palo Alto condo, with little time for friends or dating. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

This is round three of the dating rumors by my count, anyway. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Jun He, recruited from an aerospace shop to help direct the division, compared the manufacturing flow to running the world’s largest dating site. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Mini games at halftime or during long commercial stretches work for a reality dating show watch party just as well as for a title fight. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Their characters were fan favorites who began dating in Season 2 before getting engaged and married in the final season. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Jack is among many dating app users now outsourcing at least part of the online dating process to AI. — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026