OPENING (UP) Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

opening (up)

verb

Definition of opening (up)

present participle of open (up)

as in scooping (out)

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as in needing

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Seventy percent chose oil, compared with 9% who selected freeing Venezuelans.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Arévalo was tasked with not only freeing a state captured by kleptocrats, but also strengthening one that was fundamentally weak.

— Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeing

Verb

The 0-3 Chargers visit Seattle on Sunday needing a turnaround; only seven teams in the Super Bowl era have started 0-3 and still reached the playoffs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Future uses for the approach include any number of stronger, lighter structures and materials needing protection from vibration and shaking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of needing

Verb

Beyond wanting reform of existing religious options, these various sects differed greatly from each other.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Romantic and financial motive Prosecutors have focused on Flynn’s romantic and financial motive for wanting to kill his wife and get away with it.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of wanting

Verb

Load in the orchestration layer, the tooling, the integrations and, above all, the human supervision, because someone is reviewing, correcting and unblocking that agent, and their time is real money.

— Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The 14-day truce, which the US said is conditional on Iran unblocking Hormuz, has yet to translate into a meaningful increase in shipping.

— Julian Lee, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of unblocking

Verb

Pittsburgh Penguins player Andrei Kuzmenko returned to the team on Friday after taking some time in the wake of his father's tragic death in a bear attack last month in Siberia.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Officers were seen placing several people in handcuffs and taking them away after the shooting.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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openings

opening (up)

open letter

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