Synonyms of pitching

pitching

verb

present participle of pitch

1

as in erecting

to fix in an upright position

needed help pitching a tent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erecting
• raising
• rearing
• lifting
• hoisting
• setting up
• upending
• bracing
• elevating
• supporting
• putting up
• upping
• upraising
• buttressing
• upholding
• hiking
• heaving
• uplifting
• heightening
• craning
• boosting
• propping (up)
• shoring (up)
• hefting
• jacking (up)
• picking up
• perking (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattening
• leveling
• demolishing
• tearing down
• knocking down
• razing

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunging
• diving
• sounding
• immersing
• dipping
• submerging
• plunking
• plumping
• belly flopping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surfacing

3

as in rocking

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the ship pitched in the choppy sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rocking
• swaying
• lurching
• shaking
• rolling
• tossing
• vibrating
• jerking
• halting
• wobbling
• careening
• faltering
• seesawing
• tumbling
• reeling
• floundering
• weaving
• wavering
• vacillating
• tottering
• staggering
• stumbling
• hobbling
• blundering
• bucking
• oscillating
• waddling
• teetering
• jolting
• hitching
• undulating
• toddling
• doddering
• wagging
• waggling

4

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pitched the baseball almost 50 feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• tossing
• hurling
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• bowling
• casting
• heaving
• chucking
• pegging
• pelting
• lobbing
• lofting
• hurtling
• catapulting
• dashing
• flipping
• darting
• rolling
• letting fly
• gunning
• projecting
• propelling
• thrusting
• shooting
• ejecting
• precipitating
• hooking
• passing
• bucking
• rifling
• impelling

5

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• losing
• tossing
• abandoning
• scrapping
• jettisoning
• rejecting
• shedding
• exorcising
• casting (off)
• eliminating
• chucking
• junking
• removing
• flinging (off or away)
• sloughing (off)
• throwing away
• shucking (off)
• disposing of
• sluffing (off)
• laying by
• deep-sixing
• eighty-sixing
• setting aside
• dismissing
• throwing out
• forsaking
• cashiering
• abdicating
• deserting
• eradicating
• abolishing
• kicking out
• exterminating
• wiping out
• expunging
• stamping (out)
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• liquidating
• annihilating
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• embracing
• employing
• utilizing
• holding
• keeping
• taking on
• retaining
• holding back

6

as in promoting

to provide publicity for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• selling
• publicizing
• advertising
• announcing
• hyping
• touting
• ballyhooing
• plugging
• pushing
• boosting
• publishing
• merchandising
• praising
• barking
• reviewing
• beating the drum (for)
• talking up
• endorsing
• broadcasting
• hailing
• lauding
• recommending
• acclaiming
• plumping (for)
• plonking (for)
• plunking (for)

7

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tilting
• sloping
• angling
• leaning
• tipping
• slanting
• inclining
• cocking
• listing
• heeling
• banking
• canting
• bending
• deviating
• retreating
• descending
• veering
• reclining
• declining
• swerving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• evening
• straightening
• flattening
• leveling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pitching

Film Festival for Children and Youth is expanding its pitching platform for its second iteration. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Prediction markets blew three big elections this week, a bad look for platforms pitching themselves to investors as hedges against global risk. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Hampton and Chung weren’t getting anywhere pitching the Furby to companies. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

Slack is blocking enterprises from using their own Slack data to train their own models, at the same moment the parent company is pitching open AI partnerships on the other side of the house. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Rose is facing different levels of pitching, ranging from MLB arms to high-level prospects. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

The Brewers are starting the presumptive National League Cy Young winner in Jacob Misiorwski, but the Rays’ pitching plans are unclear. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Kelson was then tasked with pitching his idea to the local residents’ council, which had to give unanimous approval. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

The candidates are pitching different priorities, from fisheries and missing Indigenous people to energy costs and oil drilling, as rural communities face voting-access barriers. — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026