Synonyms of exploiting

exploiting

verb

present participle of exploit

1

as in using

to take unfair advantage of

the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• using
• abusing
• leveraging
• manipulating
• milking
• playing (on or upon)
• imposing (on or upon)
• pimping
• capitalizing (on)
• walking on
• working
• cheating
• trading on
• cashing in (on)
• mistreating
• overcharging
• commercializing
• sticking
• fleecing
• bleeding
• soaking
• skinning
• commodifying
• jerking around

2

as in manipulating

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means

a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manipulating
• playing (upon)
• deceiving
• maneuvering
• tricking
• duping
• plotting
• jockeying
• engineering
• fooling
• devising
• deluding
• scheming
• hoodwinking
• defrauding
• bluffing
• swindling
• intriguing
• kidding
• masterminding
• gulling
• fleecing
• conning
• hoaxing
• arranging
• finagling
• contriving
• chiseling
• taking in
• cozening
• beguiling
• finessing
• snowing
• cheating
• shanghaiing
• machinating
• hustling

3

as in utilizing

to put into action or service

it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• using
• utilizing
• applying
• employing
• harnessing
• operating
• exercising
• manipulating
• drawing on
• making use of
• handling
• wielding
• bringing to bear
• working
• directing
• running
• recycling
• reusing
• cannibalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• misusing
• misapplying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exploiting

Once focused entirely on exploiting Disney properties, Disney+ has been increasingly opening up its slate to outside IP, including making development deals for Ella Enchanted and Casper series over the past couple of months. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Women accused him in lawsuits of exploiting his position at Operation Underground Railroad and their desire to help combat child trafficking to abuse them. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

By exploiting its importance to food-producing countries, Beijing has found growing opportunities to pressure its rivals. — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Researchers gained silent, total control over devices without any user interaction simply by exploiting the SIM-to-modem interface. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

By exploiting a bug in an audio codec and an Android driver, the team carried out two zero-click attacks on Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 phones. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026

Disgusted that any adult would ever consider exploiting a child in such a vile and predatory way. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

In OpenAI's case, the model broke out of its testing environment by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability to complete a task it was assigned. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

While many of the vulnerabilities must be exploited following authentication, that condition generally can be met by exploiting a smaller number of pre-authentication vulnerabilities Moore has identified. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026