Synonyms of hobnobbing

hobnobbing

verb

present participle of hobnob

1

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends

those two have been hobnobbing together since freshman year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traveling
• mingling
• associating
• collaborating
• running
• connecting
• mixing
• joining
• bonding
• befriending
• fraternizing
• consorting
• relating
• chumming
• cooperating
• sorting
• hanging (around or out)
• socializing
• rubbing shoulders (with)
• rubbing elbows (with)
• messing around
• companying
• keeping company (with)
• clubbing
• hooking up
• being friends with
• falling in with
• taking up with
• consociating
• palling (around)
• rallying
• tying
• grouping
• allying
• teaming
• affiliating
• linking
• colluding
• coupling
• attaching
• wedding
• ganging
• conjoining
• interrelating
• confederating
• siding
• knotting
• getting along
• banding
• friending
• getting on
• leaguing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shunning
• snubbing
• alienating
• dispersing
• estranging
• cold-shouldering
• splitting
• splitting (up)
• disbanding
• breaking up
• divorcing
• dissociating
• severing
• sundering
• disuniting
• disjoining

2

as in mingling

to take part in social activities

spent some time hobnobbing with the rich and famous while in Los Angeles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mingling
• mixing
• associating
• socializing
• partying
• fraternizing
• going out
• reveling
• stepping out
• rubbing elbows
• carousing
• circulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shunning
• eschewing
• slighting
• snubbing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hobnobbing

He was spotted in a blue jacket and white collared shirt hobnobbing and posing for photos with cast members and other event attendees. — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026

Indeed, Sala is where the mature Myers Park crowd goes for after work hobnobbing, small bites and aperitifs. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026

Galloway, who co-hosts the Pivot podcast with veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher and routinely speaks with top Silicon Valley executives, decided to zero in on those Big Tech leaders who are often seen hobnobbing at the White House and Mar a Lago. — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026

And folks who attended the affair seemed unhappy with the long evening, although Ryan enjoyed hobnobbing. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025

But the bigger story might have been the public presence of Plattner, the 81-year-old German, who had a lot to say to local reporters in addition to some ribbon-cutting for a new pedestrian walkway and hobnobbing with fans. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

Even those plot points feel a bit dated, with Ivy’s ascent as a food star marked by hobnobbing with David Chang, and Theo agonizing over remixes and GIFs of his anguish. — Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025