Synonyms of facilitating

facilitating 1 of 2

adjective

as in assisting

Related Words

• assisting
• smoothing
• aiding
• easing
• promoting
• fostering
• nurturing
• abetting
• forwarding
• encouraging
• furthering

Dissimilar Words

• prophylactic
• preventive
• preventative
• precautionary
• deterrent
• neutralizing
• deterring
• negating
• nullifying

facilitating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of facilitate

as in promoting

to free from obstruction or difficulty

several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• accelerating
• improving
• easing
• simplifying
• assisting
• smoothing
• helping
• aiding
• loosening (up)
• expediting
• greasing
• paving the way (for)
• furthering
• speeding
• hastening
• unclogging
• forwarding
• advancing
• hurrying
• quickening
• abetting
• rushing
• streamlining
• straightening (out)
• disentangling
• untangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• complicating
• hindering
• impeding
• retarding
• worsening
• aggravating
• sophisticating
• perplexing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of facilitating

Verb

League officials said the Clippers violated salary cap rules by initiating off-court income opportunities and facilitating endorsement agreements for Kawhi Leonard, who was also fined $700,000. — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026

Zucker is accused of providing false statements to investigators, while Frank is depicted as facilitating the cap circumvention. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Monday’s post also reported that even the Popanet network was facilitating live exploit attempts. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Isaac Galvan, a former Compton city council member, got 18 months for facilitating bribes on Pacheco’s behalf. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Its biggest success so far is facilitating the development of Oracle and OpenAI’s fifteen-billion-dollar data-center campus in Port Washington, a small town in southeastern Wisconsin. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

Treasury's statement noted that violations can carry civil or criminal penalties, and that foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for those sanctioned under one of the relevant executive orders could face secondary sanctions. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Parents, educators and child development experts have been sounding alarms over children's use of AI chatbots, which have been blamed for facilitating cheating on schoolwork and even suicide. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

The matter involves accounting firm Bennett Verby, which stands accused of facilitating a research and development repayment fraud, according to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026