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

There is no easier way to add interest to your landscape than planting berry bushes. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026

Some farmers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa have started planting and harvesting perennial rice in their fields. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

The Republican nominee for a Missouri House seat in Joplin faces federal charges for allegedly planting Adderall and cocaine on his political opponent. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Since antiquity, people have believed that planting a mulberry tree in front of one’s house is unlucky. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday night accused Germany of planting evidence in order to blame Moscow, without offering any evidence for such allegations, according to Reuters. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Global diesel demand typically crests around October as the beginning of winter heating season and harvests in the Northern Hemisphere meets planting season in the Southern Hemisphere. — Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026

By demeaning and alienating most people, Capps predicted, the Christian right wing was planting the seeds of its own demise. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026