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

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

Police say that the building on Tobias Avenue is Blythe Street’s drug-dealing stronghold, and that the predominantly Latino gang has been embroiled in a turf war with a rival group of Crips. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The impact of yesterday’s sharp drop in South Korean equities transmitted further into US markets overnight, spreading selling sentiment and dealing heavy blows to US semiconductor and memory stocks. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dealing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing

Noun

Union officials responded that same day to start the bargaining process.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
More than 80% of Division I schools are public institutions, and their athletes would be state employees, outside the reach of federal labor law and, in many states, barred from bargaining at all.

— Lamell J. McMorris, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Noun

As agents become more autonomous, distinguishing legitimate AI activity from malicious activity will also become more difficult.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
European leaders convene in Finland’s Arctic capital as melting ice opens new shipping lanes and resource frontiers, intensifying Russian military activity and exposing doubts about NATO’s long-term role in regional security.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of activity

Verb

At the time of these incidents, Brown had cut off his ankle monitor in connection to a 2021 human-trafficking case.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
The 55-year-old who rushed for two touchdowns during his 1999 season with Big Blue was convicted on six felony counts involving the possession, selling and trafficking animals used for fighting in August.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

The Reframe Employers have spent years negotiating the part of the health plan that is easiest to see.

— Jennifer Schaefer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Yes, a debt relief company may be able to help after a lawsuit has been filed — particularly in terms of negotiating a lower lump-sum settlement on the debt.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

Although the game aired on NBC, agents, executives, and on-air talent from various networks routinely descend on the host city for meetings and negotiations.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
With more testy and volatile negotiations sure to come once Johnson presents his full budget proposal next month, the mayor’s $401 million pitch might not stick.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 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

Noun

When an agentic workflow can apply recognition logic, flag edge cases and reconcile transactions in real time, the question isn’t whether to automate the handoff.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
But the underlying transactions, especially the possibility that money was transferred through illicit means, could invite a host of criminal-law ramifications, including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026