OKAYING Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

OK'ing

verb

variants or okaying

present participle of OK

as in approving

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory a judge will have to OK the search warrant

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as in accepting

to have a favorable opinion of I'm glad that my friends OK'd my choice of girlfriend

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Verb

The president has in your own polling, 36% job approval, 31% approving of his handling of the war.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Violation nets no penalties Two weeks before approving a 30% rate increase in May 2023, the Arizona Department of Child Safety issued a licensing violation against Sunshine over Blodgett’s case.

— Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of approving

Verb

The Big Ten’s explanation is unlikely to satisfy everyone, even if the MAC released a statement accepting it.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Investigators also found Chavez-DeRemer did not report the tickets, valued at approximately $100 a piece, as she was required to do, despite having completed ethics training explaining government policy on accepting gifts.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of accepting

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Hence, the National Players Basketball Association plans to talk with the NBA about ratifying the CBA to alter spending restrictions.

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The European Union and the United States took one ultra-laborious step forward in ratifying their bilateral trade deal in late June.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of ratifying

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Soon, Haiti’s Central Directorate of the Judicial Police issued an arrest warrant for him, which an ICE spokesperson cited when confirming his arrest last week.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
On Wednesday, Koval released a statement on her official Instagram page, confirming suspicions that her choice to walk away from the Tigers stemmed from Mulkey acquiring 17-year-old Russian center Anna Minaeva.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of confirming

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