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

Governors must opt in each year for students in their state to receive scholarships, though taxpayers anywhere can donate to SGOs in participating states. — Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

There, shortly after fully participating in a practice as if nothing ever happened, the rookie linebacker recapped the scenes from perhaps the scariest moment of his football career three days prior. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026

It will also be aired live on participating stations’ digital platforms. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Today, there are more than 5,000 children participating in iACT soccer academies in Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Mexico. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Apex has had minimal involvement with Morais de Carvalho’s campaign, merely participating in the selection of a public relations firm and having Caçorino appear alongside him, like at the Portugal Football Summit in September. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026

While the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC split payouts for team representation in the College Football Playoff across all of its league members, the ACC passes all the payout directly to the school(s) participating. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

With distribution led by Regal, the show will also be available on the big screen at AMC, Cinemark and other participating theaters, for more than 650 locations total. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

The participating artists all have ties to the Middle East and include Hassan Sharif, Dia Azzawi, Sophia Al-Maria, Charles Hossein-Zenderoudi, and Monira Al Qadiri. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026