Synonyms of planting

planting

verb

present participle of plant

1

as in seeding

to put or set into the ground to grow

I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeding
• drilling
• sowing
• putting in
• transplanting
• scattering
• replanting
• potting
• bedding
• broadcasting
• reseeding
• overseeding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harvesting
• gathering
• reaping

2

as in establishing

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establishing
• initiating
• founding
• creating
• pioneering
• launching
• introducing
• instituting
• beginning
• starting
• inaugurating
• constructing
• organizing
• constituting
• innovating
• developing
• originating
• producing
• inventing
• devising
• manufacturing
• setting up
• authoring
• expanding
• enlarging
• conceiving
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• concocting
• funding
• fathering
• financing
• arranging
• fabricating
• contriving
• subsidizing
• making up
• endowing
• systematizing
• reinstituting
• reinitiating
• relaunching
• putting up
• refounding
• systemizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• phasing out
• finishing
• abolishing
• ending
• stopping
• terminating
• halting
• nullifying
• annihilating
• annulling
• winding up
• wrapping up
• rounding (off or out)

3

as in breeding

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breeding
• implanting
• rooting
• sowing
• embedding
• lodging
• instilling
• inseminating
• inculcating
• driving
• infixing
• enrooting
• investing
• hammering
• pounding
• inoculating
• entrenching
• infusing
• steeping
• imbuing
• fixing
• suffusing
• ingraining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of planting

Ronald Watts, accused of planting evidence to frame hundreds of men. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have sent fertilizer costs soaring, just as farmers pay higher interest rates on the loans needed to get from planting to harvest season. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

The first defensive stage in Fiji and other island nations was building seawalls, planting mangroves, and improving drainage systems, but at this stage, that’s not enough for the most vulnerable coastal areas, experts say. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

Before planting grass, consider why the roots are showing and whether turf is the best choice for the spot. — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026

Avoid planting them in areas where other legumes have been grown over the past two years, and look for pea varieties known for their shoots and tendrils. — The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026

Florida citrus growers are planting trees with gene-editing technology to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that has devastated many of their crops. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Yet each member of this trinity eventually decamped to Paris after planting their roots in the United Kingdom. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Re-Oak California needs donated acorns, volunteer planters and propagators, and money — especially if Crouch is to reach his dream goal of planting 20,000 trees a year. — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026