Synonyms of participating

participating 1 of 2

adjective

as in attending

Related Words

• attending
• accompanying
• present
• observing
• available
• in
• existing
• breathing
• latent
• live
• abounding
• extant
• existent

Dissimilar Words

• absent
• out
• gone
• retired
• missing
• departed
• away
• nonexistent
• deceased
• dead
• defunct
• truant
• late
• delinquent
• vanished
• lost
• demised
• delayed
• belated
• tardy
• AWOL
• overdue

participating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of participate

as in sharing

to take a share or part

eager to participate in the city's cultural life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sharing
• knowing
• experiencing
• partaking
• receiving
• undergoing
• seeing
• feeling
• enduring
• tasting
• accepting
• meeting
• encountering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of participating

Adjective

Legal observers are neutral, non-participating watchers who often attend police actions to witness, document and monitor law enforcement behavior. — George Petras, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026

Some of that can surely be chalked up to missing out on the rest and recharge that non-participating players took advantage of during that break, and McLellan confirmed recently that Larkin came back from the tournament banged up, which hampered him. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

Plus, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that patients treated at hospitals that do participate in clinical trials receive better care and have lower mortality rates than patients treated at non-participating hospitals. — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

Verb

Since participating in the 2019 Little League Classic, the Cubs have played in the Field of Dreams game (2022), London Series (2023) and Tokyo Series (2025). — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Both records were set on the opening day of the Olympics-like event which sees more than 2,000 humanoid robots participating, according to the organizers. — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

The exercise included a series of information-sharing and target-tracking events designed to test and improve the participating nations’ air and missile-defense capabilities. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Also not participating were starting cornerbacks Deommodore Lenoir (shoulder) and Renardo Green (hamstring). — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Artists realized that participating in public platforms, even their own personal websites, exposed their work to these systems. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women’s sports during last Sunday’s game at Atlanta between the Dream and the Fever. — Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

At the same time, participating private companies would be carrying out powerful cyber operations under federal direction. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026

This weekday dining event features $25 prix-fixe lunches at participating Santana Row restaurants. — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026