FEEING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

feeing

verb

present participle of fee, chiefly Scottish

as in employing

to provide with a paying job the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks

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Recent Examples of feeing Now its 2026 races could have national importance, and both Republicans and Democrats are feeing cautiously optimistic. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 6 May 2026 Being here in the city that raised me is a dope feeing and putting a Knicks jersey on is pretty surreal for me. — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026

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Verb

But health experts also recommend covering bare skin, employing mosquito nets and using insect repellent, especially at night, when mosquito bites most often occur.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
Most Versatile Our writer Julia Harrison doesn’t use this bar cabinet for bar things at all, instead employing it as additional shoe storage.

— Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of employing

Verb

New institutions get their room to maneuver through carve-outs from rules that are meant to apply across all of government, such as hiring authorities that bypass the normal process or waivers from cumbersome procedural requirements.

— Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
That includes hiring staff, acquiring technology resources and making an impact on individual lives.

— Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiring

Verb

And recruiting on the defensive interior had been poor the previous few cycles, as Notre Dame went four years without signing a front-line tackle who developed into a high-end college player.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
The boyfriend of an 18-year-old college soccer player in Washington County, Pennsylvania, is accused of fatally stabbing her, putting her body in the hatch of her vehicle and recruiting his mother for help disposing of the body, authorities said.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruiting

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Responding to three years of airspace violations, Spinu suggested, has allowed Romanian and allied pilots and commanders to study Russian munitions, flight patterns and capabilities -- plus their own abilities in engaging such threats.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
These are news outlets that don’t follow the league, have no idea who its players are, but can turn the WNBA into a way to discuss a handful of political talking points in the hopes of engaging its audience.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026