DEALING Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

dealing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of dealing

as in bargaining

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as in activity

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dealing

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verb

present participle of deal

as in trafficking

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property that store deals in used furniture

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as in negotiating

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price

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Recent Examples of dealing

Noun

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul. — Lisa Kim,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 East Chicago resident Jennifer Fodor said it's been especially tough dealing without power because of her daughter's medical issues. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Las Vegas Aces said Thursday that forward NaLyssa Smith is out for the season with a left leg injury, dealing a huge blow to the defending WNBA champion's repeat hopes. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is back in the kitchen and dealing out tough love to restaurant owners, this time just a short distance from Pittsburgh. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dealing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing

Noun

That ultimately led to a courtroom battle when the city argued a new bargaining agreement was in place.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
Johnson looked around the room during the bargaining session and counted 11 firefighters who had already been hired by other departments and were expected to leave Hialeah.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Verb

Rights groups, fishermen and their relatives have questioned the campaign, alleging vessels were targeted without sufficient evidence of links to trafficking.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Another use of these drones is for trafficking, allegedly across the Mexico-US border.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

Still, there was much pomp and circumstance at the gala in July, and many thousands of dollars’ worth of clothing and jewelry plus plenty of vertiginous heels negotiating with the gravel.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The five countries have been negotiating with governments mainly in Africa over potential sites, pioneering the initiative for the whole of the EU.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

This past legislative session, Linehan said negotiations broke down at the last minute to ensure nurse-to-patient ratios were met at each unit level.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
The negotiations were followed by dinner with the Russian leader, according to a Kremlin press briefing.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiation

Noun

Even with their reluctance to run, the Tigers rank last with a 69 percent success rate on steals.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But, Pace says, those successes also should raise questions among policymakers about whether and why a civil government agency such as NASA needs to operate launch sites in the first place.

— Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of success

Verb

This offseason, the Bengals added talent, trading for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence and signing safety Bryan Cook and edge Boye Mafe.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
By optimizing for the cheapest possible volume, Google is trading its long-term reputational authority for short-term balance sheet protection.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of trading

Noun

Instead of bridges between markets being closed during a student’s time abroad, these platforms can typically offer similar pricing and more secure transactions across a wide range of products.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
By running a masternode, Clear Street embeds itself directly into the core consensus layer, taking on the heavy lifting of verifying transactions and steering network governance.

— Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026