Synonyms of mooted

mooted

verb

past tense of moot

1

as in introduced

to present or bring forward for discussion

conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• introduced
• raised
• discussed
• suggested
• placed
• proposed
• mentioned
• broached
• brought up
• cited
• offered
• debated
• referred (to)
• named
• expressed
• alluded (to)
• spoke (of)
• interrupted
• aired
• talked (about)
• interjected
• ventilated
• vented
• thrashed (out or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• quieted
• silenced
• censored
• hushed (up)

2

as in discussed

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion

the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discussed
• debated
• argued
• disputed
• reviewed
• canvassed
• bandied
• talked over
• agitated
• raised
• considered
• introduced
• broached
• propounded
• hashed (over or out)
• batted (around or back and forth)
• spoke (about)
• talked (about)
• stirred up
• deliberated
• weighed
• forged
• hammered out
• thrashed (out)
• wrestled (with)
• talked out
• chewed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mooted

Before a move for Garnacho was mooted, Villa’s preference was a winger who would mostly operate from the right. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Aluminium Bahrain is pressing ahead with a plan to buy France’s Aluminium Dunkerque, but the price has risen sharply since the idea was first mooted earlier in the year. — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 2 June 2026

The extent of the impact is unclear but Russia has mooted banning gasoline exports. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026

Most recently, the Telegram messaging app has been slowed down and a ban has been mooted by authorities in the country, where it is widely used for both news and everyday information. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026

The most grinding suspicions encountered by many survivors—about whether they were ever really struck at all—may in any case be mooted in the coming years. — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026

The idea of funding universities with a graduate tax has been mooted since the 1960s, when economists pointed out that a relatively small group of people were getting an expensive benefit paid for out of general taxation. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 1 Mar. 2026

The sale of Baume & Mercier, which was founded in 1830, and which Richemont has owned for decades, had been mooted for a while. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026