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hobnobbing

verb , present participle of hobnob

Synonyms and Antonyms of hobnobbing

1 to come or be together as friends

those two have been hobnobbing together since freshman year

Synonyms of hobnobbing

associating, chumming, companying, consociating, consorting, fraternizing, hanging (around or out), hooking up, messing around, palling (around), running, sorting, traveling (or travelling)

Words Related to hobnobbing

affiliating, allying, attaching, banding, bonding, clubbing, collaborating, colluding, confederating, conjoining, connecting, cooperating, coupling, ganging, getting along, getting on, grouping, interrelating, joining, knotting, leaguing, linking, mingling, mixing, rallying, relating, siding, socializing, teaming, tying (or tieing), wedding

befriending, friending

Phrases Synonymous with hobnobbing

being friends with, falling in with, keeping company (with), rubbing elbows (with) or rubbing shoulders (with) , taking up with

Near Antonyms of hobnobbing

avoiding, cold-shouldering, shunning, snubbing

alienating, estranging

breaking up, disbanding, dispersing, splitting (up)

disjoining, dissociating, disuniting, divorcing, severing, splitting, sundering

2 to take part in social activities

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

Synonyms of hobnobbing

associating, fraternizing, going out, mingling, mixing, socializing, stepping out

Words Related to hobnobbing

carousing, partying, reveling (or revelling)

Phrases Synonymous with hobnobbing

rubbing elbows (or rubbing shoulders)

Near Antonyms of hobnobbing

avoiding, eschewing, shunning

slighting, snubbing

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