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measuring

verb , present participle of measure

Synonyms and Antonyms of measuring

1 to find out the size, extent, or amount of

for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together

Synonyms of measuring

gauging (also gaging), scaling, spanning

Words Related to measuring

calibrating, calipering

quantifying, quantitating

laying off, marking (off)

calculating, ciphering, computing, figuring, reckoning, working out

appraising, assessing, conjecturing, estimating, evaluating, guessing, guesstimating, judging, supposing, valuating, valuing

adding up, summing, tallying, totaling (or totalling)

ascertaining, determining, discovering, doping (out), figuring out, finding out

2 to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

he carefully measured his response to the provocative question

Synonyms of measuring

bridling, checking, constraining, containing, controlling, curbing, governing, holding, inhibiting, keeping, pulling in, regulating, reining (in), restraining, ruling, taming

Words Related to measuring

bottling (up), choking (back), holding back, mincing, muffling, pocketing, repressing, sinking, smothering, squelching, stifling, strangling, suppressing, swallowing

arresting, interrupting, stopping

blocking, hampering, handcuffing, hindering, impeding, obstructing

gagging, muzzling, silencing

Near Antonyms of measuring

liberating, loosening, loosing, unleashing

airing, expressing, taking out, venting

Antonyms of measuring

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