PITCHING Synonyms: 216 Similar and Opposite Words

pitching

verb

Definition of pitching next

present participle of pitch

as in erecting

to fix in an upright position needed help pitching a tent

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as in plunging

to cast oneself head first into deep water when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake

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as in rocking

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the ship pitched in the choppy sea

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as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pitched the baseball almost 50 feet

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as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again

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as in promoting

to provide publicity for the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers

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as in tilting

to set or cause to be at an angle the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow

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Recent Examples of pitching Ohtani, hitting while pitching for the first time in almost four weeks, had homered on the first pitch of the game. —

Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026 Blank believes his grandpa would have appreciated the way this year’s Mavericks team plays, with an emphasis on getting on base, small ball, run manufacturing, pitching depth, and quality defense over trying to out-slug teams with hordes of homers. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 Comment on their posts before pitching a collab. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Tony winner Danny Burstein turned the question back on the Variety interviewer as a joke, pitching a story about a working-class kid from Brooklyn who ends up an awards editor. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 May 2026 Imanaga extended his streak of pitching at least five innings to 20 games, the third-longest active streak in the National League behind the Philadelphia Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez and Zack Wheeler. —

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 As a result, pitching coach Josh Miller and catcher Christian Vázquez all but eliminated a pregame scouting report Tuesday. —

Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 May 2026 Is Zack Wheeler pitching tonight? —

Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Making a pitch Adversity hasn’t fazed the Braves’ pitching staff, either. —

Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 13 May 2026

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That might leave Florida taxpayers still picking up the tab for the millions of dollars the state spent in quickly erecting the site in the middle of the Everglades.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Another had a mossy headpiece with wire erecting green and platinum hair balls.

— Essence, Essence, 4 May 2026