Synonyms of devoting

devoting

verb

present participle of devote

1

as in dedicating

to keep or intend for a special purpose

I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dedicating
• saving
• allocating
• reserving
• earmarking
• consecrating
• giving up (to)
• setting apart
• using
• setting aside
• setting by
• entrusting
• sanctifying
• committing
• employing
• blessing
• confiding
• applying
• consigning
• intrusting
• hallowing
• bestowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• misusing
• misapplying

2

as in applying

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• applying
• giving
• committing
• addressing
• spending
• buckling
• working
• bending
• turning a hand
• getting cracking
• exerting
• busying
• concerning
• getting with it
• involving
• getting one's act together
• taxing
• turning one's hand
• reapplying
• stressing
• engaging
• setting (to)
• readdressing
• settling (down)
• exhausting
• hustling
• plowing
• troubling
• wearing out
• straining
• knuckling down
• grinding
• carrying on
• plunging (in)
• pitching in
• humping
• plugging (away)
• putting out
• pegging (away)
• plodding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• playing
• trifling
• idling
• dawdling
• fiddling (around)
• dallying
• fooling around
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devoting

Owens, who was then devoting much of her airtime to the legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, responded to Kraus on Instagram. —Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

Here, 14 members of Forbes Agency Council share the line items their agencies are devoting more of their budgets to this year and the strategy behind these decisions. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

What a magical formula that turned out to be, and for the next 20 years PEOPLE has avidly covered the dance competition, devoting countless interviews to the stars and the pros competing for glory. —Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025

In a world of student loans and ever-increasing housing costs, the notion of devoting all of your time to obsessing over the meaning of nineteenth-century poetry does indeed feel like more of a fantasy than witchcraft or demons. —Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025

At some point the plan shifted from devoting one season to each of the five years, to having the first season cover one year and the second cover four. —Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025

Season Two didn’t always help itself in that regard, devoting entire installments to Cold Harbor and to the origin of the severance process itself. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025

The sheriffs said then that devoting deputies for immigration roundups was both unworkable from a practical standpoint given staffing and other responsibilities, and would erode public trust in their agencies among some communities. —Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025

Silicon Valley De-Bug, a South Bay civil rights group that has supported Dominguez’s family through years of litigation — and added his aunt to its organizing ranks — criticized the city for devoting resources to fighting the judgment instead of addressing police violence. —Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025