MARKETING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

marketing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of marketing

as in advertising

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marketing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of market

as in selling

to offer for sale to the public local farmers market their garden-fresh produce at roadside stands all over the valley

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Recent Examples of marketing

Noun

Keep in mind that right now, sororities are teaming with major brands on content marketing. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Whoop’s early marketing strategy was to give the product to trainers who worked with elite athletes. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Verb

The extra piece Netflix has to contend with is marketing spending. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026 That changes marketing more than most executives are prepared for. — Richard Freisberg, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marketing

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Noun

Alphabet’s earnings results ignited concerns that Google’s core business of search advertising revenue is threatened by consumers using AI chatbots instead of traditional search.

— Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
The companies placed a heavy emphasis on local businesses in their press release announcing the acquisition, indicating that smaller sellers would gain more access to advertising and AI tools from DoorDash and Instacart.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertising

Verb

With more homes on the market and buyers in short supply, a seller who refuses to follow the market will have a very difficult time selling the house.

— Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
The Lutzes’ account became the basis of Jay Anson’s best-selling book The Amityville Horror (1977).

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of selling

Noun

Will a YouTube viewer spend more than half an hour trying to figure out if Ukraine’s attacks on Russian data centers have decimated an army of propaganda bots?

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
While changes are taking place spontaneously in some state-run media, private television channels like Informer continued with pro-Vucic propaganda after Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of propaganda

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