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

The four-piece band acts like alchemists, exploiting instruments to their full potential. — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

RoguePlanet, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, came to public notice in June when NightmareEclipse, the pseudonymous name used by a researcher, disclosed it along with code for exploiting it. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

Forbes previously reported that CISA didn’t have access to either Anthropic or OpenAI models that had proven adept at finding bugs and exploiting them with no human required. — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

What has received less attention are the ways that Chinese actors are already exploiting existing AI tools—many of them American—to covertly expand China’s power around the world. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

The research found that in some regions, attackers fully deploy digital deception by exploiting the gap between what a camera sees and what a human assumes is real. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Stokes was discovered exploiting a web development tool called ngrok to bypass the jewelry retailer's network defenses. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026

But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Some of the world's richest people have been accused of exploiting the strategy. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 June 2026