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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Relevance

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as in needing

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Verb

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
Was working in the feature-length format freeing or more challenging?

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeing

Verb

Its autonomous system rerouted the aircraft without needing previous familiarity with the destination airport.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Connecticut has urgent crisis centers, which operate as walk-in clinics for children needing mental health services in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and New London.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of needing

Verb

If a ticket is purchased to listen to an entertainer sing songs, that does not extend to wanting to hear the entertainer share personal political or religious beliefs.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026
She can’t be faulted, then, for not wanting to take artistic advice from Stan Twitter.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 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

Lawn maintenance should always include taking regular soil samples to determine nutrient needs, as well as proper watering, weed and disease control, and mowing practices.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
The founder of Aristeia Travel, Downpatrick specializes in taking small groups — mostly Americans — to places that are often difficult to access or off-limits to the general public.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026

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openings

opening (up)

open letter

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