OUTWEARING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

outwearing

verb

present participle of outwear

as in surviving

to last longer than these running shoes have outworn any others that I have ever bought

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as in wearing

to use up all the physical energy of a daily grind that would outwear anybody

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Siby and a few other surviving coworkers searched hospitals and waited for news.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Variety caught up with Topic film and documentary head Ryan Heller to discuss the company’s secret sauce, surviving without M&A and what’s next.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of surviving

Verb

Pisces February 19 – March 20 A busy day could reveal where your routine has been quietly wearing you down.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
After shooting Lino in the foot, the stranger reveals himself as Father Joe (Kiefer Sutherland), an actual priest who takes on Manhattan’s drug dealers wearing his work clothes.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of wearing

Verb

Investigators determined that Hollander had likely targeted the home with the intention of killing Esther.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
The jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of the Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of killing

Verb

Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
The dispute has become even more complicated because some members of the 2022 class pursued professional opportunities after exhausting their eligibility under the previous system.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhausting

Verb

What is clear is that Keith and Camilla’s search for answers is time-consuming, mentally draining and deeply frustrating, compounded by their grief and not helped by what feels like a lack of accountability.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Condensation water was draining slowly from the walk-in cooler at the floor drain.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of draining

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