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

2 of 2

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

Still the same principles for fair dealing and materiality remain. — Cromwell Coulson, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 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

Verb

The grand jury’s findings that $10 million in Medicaid settlement money was diverted through nonprofits into political committees describe exactly the kind of self-dealing the Attorney General’s office is supposed to police, not participate in. — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 Any dealing by mainstream parties with AfD is particularly sensitive in view of Germany’s Nazi past. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dealing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing

Noun

Trump has also allowed limited sales of Nvidia's H200 AI chips to China even as broader restrictions remain in place, making semiconductor access another bargaining point.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Stress-test scenarios for supplier concentration, co-invest in joint planning and innovation and keep at least one alternative source viable to preserve bargaining power.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Noun

The study showed that adding synthetic, non-canonical amino acids called azatryptophans to plastic-degrading enzymes (PETases) can break the trade-off between catalytic activity and thermal stability.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
At this time last year, touring activity was up 26% from the start of 2025.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of activity

Verb

Bolduc was arrested and charged with trafficking in fentanyl and possession of drug paraphernalia.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Starting today, those who wish to continue trafficking in lies about these Good Ocean Springs People will be held accountable to the maximum extent of the law.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

Blizzard insinuated that Paramount blackmailed California into negotiating a settlement by threatening to leave the state, a common talking point raised by Bonta.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
Continuing to fight or pressure Iran economically is unlikely to yield a better outcome than negotiating.

— RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

On the last day of negotiations, the talks turned aggressive.

— Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Representatives from the three countries held three rounds of trilateral negotiations early this year, twice in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, and once in Geneva, but the talks achieved no significant breakthroughs.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiation

Noun

The movie was accepted at the 2010 South by Southwest film festival and became an instant success, winning the Grand Jury Prize.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
College Football instills a lot of loyalty and support in people for their alma mater through the thick and thin of the program’s success.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of success

Verb

After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Homeowners are trading cookie-cutter interiors for rooms that feel unmistakably their own, and the main character home decor trend is leading the shift.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of trading

Noun

One advisor simply moves more transactions through the same funnel.

— Lital Marom, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The Justice Department and FCC have approved the transaction without asking for any concessions or remedies — an unusually hands-off approach for such a large horizontal merger.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026