OUTING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈau̇-tiŋ

Definition of outing

as in excursion

a short trip for pleasure an outing to the zoo

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verb

present participle of out

as in spreading

to become known the truth will out eventually

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as in dismissing

to drive or force out before moving in, we outed all the furry little creatures who had settled in the cabin over the winter

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Recent Examples of outing

Noun

There was a lot to love about Sepultura’s final EU outing hosted at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena. — Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Holobetz, originally acquired as a player to be named later in the Quinn Priester trade, has emerged as a nice pickup with 93 strikeouts in 79 innings at Double-A and one run allowed in 9 2/3 innings over his first two Triple-A outings. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026

Verb

Tehran appears to enjoy outing Trump on this one; sometimes the Iranians seem to launch attacks in the region just to make the point that Trump is wrong. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 The law had forced her to use gender-neutral bathrooms at school, effectively outing her. — Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for outing

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Noun

In the event states lose their lawsuits that aim to shut down prediction markets, the next-best thing might be for the traditional sportsbooks to fail in their excursions into prediction markets.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Moscow has launched several aerial excursions into NATO airspace recently — 20 drones crossed into Poland in September, and analysts believe the Kremlin was behind a surveillance campaign over military sites — as well as sabotage and cyberattacks.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of excursion

Verb

Newspapers in Arabic, Urdu and Persian, published in cities such as Bombay, now Mumbai, Calcutta, or Kolkata, Istanbul, London and Cairo helped in spreading religious and political ideas across the globe.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
The wildfire started Saturday in Lassen County before spreading into Sierra County and Washoe County, prompting thousands of evacuations north of Reno.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Exxon was far from alone in its historical awareness of CO₂ and rigorous research into its ongoing ecological impacts—and in its subsequent shift toward dismissing or denying the veracity of its own science.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Developer Senko Rasic argued in post that went viral - that dismissing coding as never having been the hard part insults programmers.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissing

Noun

Now, two years after her death, Elder's presence is felt on BTS's current world tour thanks to her mom, Jamie Elder, and BTS’ global fandom, known as Army.

— Nidhi Singh, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Then there are very talented 16-year-olds Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli and Reggie Watson, who both impressed new manager Xabi Alonso on the pre-season tour to Australia and East Asia.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of tour

Verb

People interested in donating should visit the organizations' official websites directly rather than relying on donation links circulating through unfamiliar social media accounts or messages.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
According to these circulating reports, the Japanese population too would also convert out of loyalty to their emperor.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulating

Verb

After coming out of Atlanta really late, getting in in the early morning hours here, rain delay (Thursday) and lost our starter after three innings.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Boston Legacy’s defense has been the backbone of the team’s strong play since coming out of the World Cup break just over a month ago.

— Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026

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