Synonyms of placing

placing

verb

present participle of place

1

as in putting

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

he carefully placed the flowers in a vase

Synonyms & Similar Words

• putting
• situating
• positioning
• locating
• depositing
• laying
• disposing
• sticking
• emplacing
• setting
• fixing
• deposing
• planting
• setting up
• establishing
• parking
• moving
• shifting
• rearranging
• orienting
• locking
• slapping
• assembling
• carrying
• reordering
• plopping
• clapping
• collecting
• affixing
• plunking
• plumping
• plonking
• wedging
• flopping
• anchoring
• planking
• settling
• ranking
• ensconcing
• queueing
• arraying
• queuing
• plunking down
• plonking down
• berthing
• niching
• laying out
• lodging
• lining up
• setting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removing
• taking
• relocating
• replacing
• displacing
• banishing
• supplanting
• superseding
• dislodging

• removing
• taking
• relocating
• replacing
• displacing
• banishing
• supplanting
• superseding
• dislodging

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2

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type

I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• ranking
• relegating
• distinguishing
• grouping
• distributing
• separating
• typing
• categorizing
• sorting
• identifying
• grading
• organizing
• filing
• recognizing
• classing
• listing
• codifying
• assorting
• digesting
• pegging
• ranging
• ordering
• referring
• compartmentalizing
• disposing
• compartmenting
• alphabetizing
• breaking down
• marshalling
• culling
• cataloging
• arraying
• systematizing
• cataloguing
• indexing
• shelving
• marshaling
• sifting
• drawing up
• reclassifying
• setting
• regrouping
• clustering
• winnowing
• clumping
• sieving
• screening
• pigeonholing
• recategorizing
• colligating
• subcategorizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumping
• scrambling
• mixing (up)
• jumbling
• disarranging
• confusing
• misclassifying
• mistyping
• missorting
• mis-sorting

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• lumping
• scrambling
• mixing (up)
• jumbling
• disarranging
• confusing
• misclassifying
• mistyping
• missorting
• mis-sorting

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3

as in estimating

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimating
• making
• putting
• figuring
• calculating
• guessing
• supposing
• gauging
• judging
• calling
• reckoning
• concluding
• gaging
• conjecturing
• understanding
• extrapolating
• inferring
• reasoning
• gathering
• deducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measuring
• scaling
• calibrating
• computing
• working out

• measuring
• scaling
• calibrating
• computing
• working out

4

as in being

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes

placed second in the competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• being
• ranking
• standing
• rating
• grading
• seeding
• classifying
• installing
• counting
• grouping
• categorizing
• separating
• codifying
• sorting
• classing
• setting
• compartmentalizing
• instating

5

as in appointing

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty

placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appointing
• nominating
• assigning
• constituting
• naming
• designating
• attaching
• commissioning
• detailing
• authorizing
• inducting
• creating
• choosing
• electing
• delegating
• selecting
• installing
• instituting
• consecrating
• ordaining
• inaugurating
• crowning
• making
• anointing
• investing
• instating
• deputizing
• drafting
• deputing
• enthroning
• voting (in)
• handpicking
• throning
• destining
• singling (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• expelling
• removing
• displacing
• overthrowing
• ejecting
• evicting
• deposing
• unseating
• dethroning
• ousting
• throwing out
• unmaking
• uncrowning
• blackballing

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• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• expelling
• removing
• displacing
• overthrowing
• ejecting
• evicting
• deposing
• unseating
• dethroning
• ousting
• throwing out
• unmaking
• uncrowning
• blackballing

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6

as in introducing

to present or bring forward for discussion

once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• introducing
• raising
• discussing
• suggesting
• mentioning
• bringing up
• offering
• proposing
• citing
• broaching
• naming
• debating
• mooting
• referring (to)
• expressing
• speaking (of)
• alluding (to)
• interrupting
• talking (about)
• ventilating
• airing
• interjecting
• venting
• thrashing (out or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• silencing
• quieting
• censoring
• hushing (up)

• suppressing
• silencing
• quieting
• censoring
• hushing (up)

7

as in employing

to provide with a paying job

most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employing
• hiring
• recruiting
• retaining
• paying
• engaging
• enlisting
• assuming
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• feeing
• laying on
• promoting
• jobbing
• partnering
• subcontracting
• rehiring
• upgrading
• re-employing
• reemploying
• contracting
• re-engaging
• reengaging
• apprenticing
• keeping (on)
• scouting
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• laying off
• axing
• locking out
• furloughing

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• laying off
• axing
• locking out
• furloughing

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