Synonyms of grooving

grooving

verb

present participle of groove

1

as in scratching

to mark with or as if with a line or groove

if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scratching
• filing
• scribing
• seaming
• milling
• scoring
• scarifying
• grazing
• abrading
• beveling
• rasping
• chamfering
• fluting

2

as in blending

to form a pleasing relationship

surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blending
• corresponding
• correlating
• matching
• harmonizing
• coordinating
• conforming
• agreeing
• consorting
• chiming
• balancing
• assorting
• meeting
• merging
• chiming in
• bonding
• paralleling
• dovetailing
• fusing
• squaring
• coalescing
• hanging together
• tallying
• cohering
• conjoining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conflicting
• contrasting
• colliding
• differing
• diverging
• countering
• contradicting
• clashing
• offsetting
• jarring
• counteracting
• canceling (out)
• negating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grooving

Michael Goessling remembers being eight years old and grooving to The Doobie Brothers. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

On Labor Day 2025, Zohran Kwame Mamdani enjoyed Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade, grooving on various floats as an assemblyman representing Astoria, Queens. — Reshma B, VIBE.com, 7 Sep. 2026

The band is a Midwest, R&B, Blues and grooving ensemble that has played at other Milwaukee venues, including the Summerfest grounds. — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Speirs began moving and grooving between innings, choreographing dances for each player’s walk-up song. — Abigail Dollins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026

One of the video's most memorable sequences features Madonna grooving to the dance-pop track while riding a gondola. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Embodied by the O’Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Lou Rawls, and others, it was grown-up and plush, but still grooving—the seedbed for the sizzle of disco, with an emphasis on Black pride. — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

But was Alicia suddenly having the time of her life grooving to this classic? — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026

Rinker, 71, had been wearing AirPods, grooving to oldies. — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026