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 But gut-feeing a nice day for Cam Ward against a beatable Biggies secondary. — Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeing

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The cost of employing workers building single-family homes jumped 37% between 2018 and 2022 and 45% from 2014 to 2023, the report said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
This is unlikely to stop politicians from employing scare tactics, though.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of employing

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North Carolina officials on Tuesday ended $9 million in job creation tax incentives for a Charlotte-area defense contractor after the company failed to meet hiring requirements.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Brad Herzer, chief talent officer of Oklahoma City Public Schools, said his district has stopped hiring adjuncts who hold no teaching certification.

— Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of hiring

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Lee’s fiction, like 19th-century novels, seeks to engender sympathy by paying close attention to the lives of many varied characters.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
That raised their borrowing costs — the US will spend more money this year paying interest on the national debt than on its military — which leaves less to cushion the economic fallout.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of paying

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High-energy lasers are particularly suited to engaging certain short-range aerial threats, including small drones and drone swarms.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Engaging Outside Experts The for-profit world is excellent at engaging outsourced expertise to build their teams.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026