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going

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of going

1 accepted, used, or practiced by most people

  • what's the going price for a good used washing machine?
Synonyms of going

conventional, current, customary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, standard, stock, usual
Words Related to going

average, common, everyday, normal, ordinary

regular, routine

epidemic, ubiquitous, universal, widespread

accustomed, wonted

fashionable, in, modish, stylish
Near Antonyms of going

abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommon
Antonyms of going

nonstandard, unconventional, unpopular, unusual

2 being in effective operation

  • he just can't keep his small bookstore going
Synonyms of going

active, alive, functional, functioning, live, living, on, operating, operational, operative, running, working
Words Related to going

effective, effectual

employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable

performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding

astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving
Phrases Synonymous with going

in commission (or into commision), in force, in gear, on line
Near Antonyms of going

deactivated, decommissioned

ineffective, ineffectual, useless

inoperable, unusable, unworkable

arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating
Antonyms of going

broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative

3 having attained a desired end or state of good fortune

  • our continued partnership with them is a going concern
Synonyms of going

flourishing, palmy, prosperous, successful, thriving, triumphant
Words Related to going

coming, promising

booming, growing, roaring, robust

boffo, gangbusters (also gangbuster), runaway, socko
Phrases Synonymous with going

in clover (also in the clover)
Near Antonyms of going

futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, no-good, unpromising

collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, washing-out

declining, slipping, slumping, waning

bankrupt, kaput (also kaputt), kerflooey

destroyed, ruined, wrecked
Antonyms of going

failed, unsuccessful

going

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of going

1 forward movement in time or place

  • tried to get down the hill quickly, but it was slow going with an injured foot
Synonyms of going

advance, advancement, furtherance, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression
Words Related to going

current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way

advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing

bound, jump, leap, step, stride

impetus, momentum
Near Antonyms of going

backwash, ebb, reflux

retraction, return, reversal, reverse

about-face, turnabout, turnaround
Antonyms of going

recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

2 the act of leaving a place

  • was so absorbed in her TV show she didn't notice his comings or goings
Synonyms of going

decamping, decampment, departing, departure, exit, exiting, farewell, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out
Words Related to going

flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal

diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus

embarkation, embarkment

disembarkation, egress

abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment
Near Antonyms of going

coming

approach, entrance, ingress
Antonyms of going

advent, appearance, arrival

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