Synonyms of putting out

putting out 1 of 2

noun

as in coming out

Related Words

• coming out
• production
• publishing
• issuing
• publication
• manufacture
• printing
• release
• distribution
• broadcasting
• transmission
• dissemination
• propagation
• circulation
• advertising
• syndication
• promotion
• declaration
• communication
• publicity
• announcement
• notification
• propaganda
• proclamation
• arrival
• promulgation
• emergence
• debut
• spread
• advent
• appearance
• enunciation
• annunciation

Dissimilar Words

• suppression
• censorship

putting out

2 of 2

verb

present participle of put out

1

as in exerting

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively

despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exerting
• using
• applying
• wielding
• plying
• exercising
• utilizing
• employing
• misapplying
• abusing
• misusing

2

as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning

put out the campfire before leaving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguishing
• quenching
• blowing out
• snuffing (out)
• stamping (out)
• blanketing
• dousing
• snubbing (out)
• choking
• suffocating
• smothering
• rubbing out
• stubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lighting
• firing
• kindling
• igniting
• inflaming

3

as in bothering

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• annoying
• bugging
• burning (up)
• getting to
• irritating
• persecuting
• wearing on
• hacking (off)
• getting
• eating
• aggravating
• rubbing the wrong way
• getting one's goat
• getting on one's nerves
• sticking in one's craw
• itching
• grating
• setting one's teeth on edge
• frosting
• exasperating
• worrying
• spiting
• nettling
• ruffling
• infuriating
• griping
• vexing
• chafing
• riling
• irking
• galling
• angering
• rasping
• plaguing
• piquing
• narking
• teasing
• provoking
• peeving
• insulting
• freaking (out)
• harassing
• offending
• nagging
• upsetting
• rousing
• heckling
• hassling
• enraging
• bullyragging
• inflaming
• badgering
• baiting
• distressing
• unsettling
• pestering
• hagriding
• discomposing
• harrying
• exercising
• antagonizing
• agitating
• roiling
• incensing
• maddening
• outraging
• rankling
• disquieting
• undoing
• discomforting
• deviling
• perturbing
• affronting
• unhinging
• fretting
• miffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• obliging
• placating
• gratifying
• satisfying
• pleasing
• conciliating
• pacifying
• comforting
• propitiating
• assuring
• mollifying
• delighting
• reassuring
• cheering
• soothing
• consoling
• contenting
• quieting
• gladdening
• solacing

4

as in weighing

to cause discomfort to or trouble for

if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weighing
• bothering
• troubling
• interfering (with)
• discommoding
• tying up
• holding back
• disturbing
• incommoding
• inconveniencing
• holding up
• disobliging
• upsetting
• hindering
• impeding
• burdening
• encumbering
• bugging
• hampering
• saddling
• obstructing
• inhibiting
• handicapping
• annoying
• provoking
• angering
• manacling
• hobbling
• hamstringing
• aggravating
• shackling
• fettering
• exasperating
• chafing
• getting
• vexing
• riling
• galling
• grating
• inflaming
• trammeling
• piquing
• nettling
• perturbing
• agitating
• irking
• peeving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helping
• assisting
• aiding
• accommodating
• favoring
• facilitating
• abetting
• obliging
• smoothing
• easing
• appeasing
• gratifying
• pleasing
• satisfying
• disarming
• comforting
• consoling
• placating
• delighting
• conciliating
• mollifying
• pacifying
• contenting
• gladdening

5

as in publishing

to produce and release for distribution in printed form

though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publishing
• printing
• getting out
• issuing
• coming out with
• reprinting
• producing
• copublishing
• contributing
• editing
• reissuing
• manufacturing
• marketing
• republishing
• serializing
• distributing
• syndicating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• censoring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of putting out

Verb

The process of putting out the fire created smoke, so everyone in Tier 5A and all other tiers on the fifth floor were evacuated as a precaution, the sheriff's office said. — Greg Kelly, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

This isn’t a scientific survey — it’s meant to be fun and help show off the best of what our local businesses are putting out. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026

Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging and forest thinning, or allowing fires to burn under safe conditions, the default choice today is to pour more money and effort into the star approach of the moment. — Matt Thompson, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

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Scott has been putting out dud after dud after dud, and this one appears to be yet another, with just a 40% RT score. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

By not putting out a press release or social media post announcing their Kalshi partnerships, both MLB clubs avoided the kind of embarrassing backlash that befell the New York Mets a few weeks ago. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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