PALLING (AROUND) Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

palling (around)

verb

present participle of pal (around)

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team

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Verb

The tens of thousands of people traveling at once and the road closures near the stadium and Atlanta park made driving very unattractive.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Bauers then crushed a three-run homer to right, the ball leaving his bat at 110 mph and traveling 424 feet, for a 6-0 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

Striking a balance between mellowness and fun is an imperative for a cohort that’s drinking less, hooking up less, and staying in more.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
The broader argument for the Sky-ITV deal is that this is not consolidation for its own sake, but a necessary response to a market utterly transformed by platforms that barely existed the last time British broadcasters discussed hooking up.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of hooking up

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The rest of the party is mostly silent, forever associating itself with a movement that’s intent on destroying the centrist parts of the Democratic Party.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026
Meanwhile, the connection between hair shedding and ferritin is well documented, with studies associating low ferritin levels with telogen effluvium, a form of temporary hair loss.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 15 July 2026

Definition of associating

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His first two features were loose, low-budget films starring himself and made by messing around with friends; they were built on spontaneity and the belief that a movie reveals itself in the edit.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
That sounds way better than messing around with a complex spider web of pole segments, elastic cords, sleeves and clips.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026

Definition of messing around

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Social media became a running chronicle of the movement, helping transform an exam grievance into a national conversation.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
In video her family shared on Instagram, several police officers can be seen running toward the commotion while parents clutch their children.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 July 2026

Definition of running

Verb

That digitized some experiences without necessarily connecting them.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
El-Sayed’s efforts to weave a seamless narrative connecting AIPAC to his struggle against wealthy interests has built the Israel lobby into an almost-supernatural force controlling American politics behind the scenes.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Kilgore, whom the team took in the fifth round, has been mixing into a couple of different roles for the Bills early in camp, with safety being his usual home during team drills.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of mixing

Verb

Curtis still felt strongly about Georgia, but the idea of joining Vanderbilt began to gain steam.

— Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026
North America's soccer body on Thursday rejected FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, joining European nations in opposition.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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