Synonyms of forming

forming

verb

present participle of form

1

as in crystallizing

to take on a definite form

my ideas on the subject are just starting to form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crystallizing
• connecting
• solidifying
• joining
• combining
• shaping (up)
• cohering
• uniting
• fusing
• jelling
• coalescing
• coupling
• associating
• unifying
• linking (up)
• conjugating
• conjoining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decaying
• breaking down
• disintegrating
• decomposing

2

as in comprising

to be all the substance of

this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprising
• composing
• constituting
• making up
• integrating
• incorporating
• embodying
• supplementing
• complementing
• completing
• personifying
• incarnating
• filling (out)
• substantiating
• materializing
• epitomizing
• fleshing (out)

3

as in producing

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

formed the pot out of the clay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• creating
• manufacturing
• constructing
• assembling
• fashioning
• fabricating
• building
• framing
• shaping
• organizing
• putting together
• structuring
• crafting
• erecting
• establishing
• forging
• molding
• designing
• inventing
• originating
• raising
• rearing
• instituting
• making up
• devising
• throwing up
• setting up
• imagining
• knocking out
• visualizing
• patching (together)
• putting up
• hewing
• conceiving
• picturing
• remaking
• handcrafting
• concocting
• contriving
• thinking (up)
• prefabricating
• cooking (up)
• envisaging
• minting
• cobbling (together or up)
• fathering
• refashioning
• remanufacturing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• abolishing
• disassembling
• flattening
• wrecking
• eradicating
• shattering
• extinguishing
• breaking up
• ruining
• smashing
• demolishing
• pulverizing
• devastating
• taking apart
• annihilating
• exterminating
• exploding
• dismembering
• razing
• blowing up

4

as in starting

to come into existence

the new company formed from two smaller ones

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starting
• beginning
• originating
• arising
• commencing
• appearing
• being
• emerging
• springing
• breaking
• arriving
• existing
• engendering
• materializing
• living
• actualizing
• dawning
• setting in
• lasting
• continuing
• breathing
• surviving
• subsisting
• coming on
• coalescing
• cohering
• persisting
• enduring
• shaping (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• finishing
• terminating
• concluding
• halting
• dissolving
• discontinuing
• evaporating
• disappearing
• quitting
• vanishing
• dying
• departing
• desisting
• expiring
• passing away
• perishing

5

as in developing

to come to have gradually

I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• developing
• acquiring
• cultivating
• gaining
• getting
• adopting
• obtaining
• reaching
• embracing
• absorbing
• achieving
• attaining
• promoting
• taking on
• taking in
• fostering
• nurturing
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• abandoning
• deserting
• forsaking
• rejecting
• dumping
• discarding
• unloading
• casting
• shedding
• ditching
• sloughing
• scrapping
• throwing away
• throwing out
• flinging (off or away)
• jettisoning
• shucking (off)
• junking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forming

The rubble could then come together, forming Neptune's inner moons, with the clay minerals exposed on their surfaces. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The new legal action comes as the opposition has started to mobilize with two separate groups forming to fight the measure. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

One of them is Antonio Maíllo, general coordinator of Izquierda Unida, one of the political parties forming a government coalition with Sánchez's Socialist Party. — Miguel MacIas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Dipke responded by forming an online parody party, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose meme-like name was partly a dig at Modi's BJP. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

Those three are forming a not-so-friendly rivalry that could be central to the sport for 10 or 20 years. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

The forecast may stay unsettled into next week as some of the models indicate a system forming offshore, but those details remain hazy at this point. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Few Brazilian political heavyweights were in attendance, in another sign of his troubles forming an alliance against Lula ahead of the October election. — Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

As treatment continued and BMI declined, women's likelihood of forming new economic and social relationships changed. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026