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noun

as in wooing

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romancing

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verb

present participle of romance
as in courting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romancing
  1. wooing
  2. courting
  3. charming
  4. dating
  5. seduction
  6. attending
  7. massaging
  8. sparking
Noun
  • Bradley Beal, DeMar DeRozan, Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant — twice — all have been linked to Heat pursuits in recent years, none of the wooing reaching fruition.
    — Greg Cote January 30, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
    — Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Definition of wooing
Verb
  • Until the legal dust settles, prediction markets will keep offering sports and courting sports bettors.
    — Chad Millman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But the teams behind Kalshi and Polymarket aren’t just courting users with regular advertisements.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of courting
Noun
  • Keep reading for more of our favorite charming finds below—all under $30.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of charming
Verb
  • Lassen is so on the same page, and forever grateful to Frankel for freeing her from the dating-app quagmire.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Secondo is dating a good-natured and devoted young American woman (Minnie Driver), while simultaneously having an affair with Pascal’s Italian girlfriend and hostess (Isabella Rossellini).
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of dating
Noun
  • In the darkness of Recife’s mangroves, a young man’s search for desire leads him into a world where seduction and violence become impossible to escape.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • So, imagine what happens when the planet of love, seduction and relationship dynamics transits Scorpio’s Plutonian territory.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of seduction
Verb
  • Her remarks drew applause from members of the audience attending the meeting.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Outside of work, John was a dedicated father to his three children and enjoyed traveling and attending concerts alongside his family, the Pembroke Pines Police Department said in its statement.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of attending
Noun
  • The move prompted a rather overheated response from market participants and commentators, as either a bad look for a Treasury Secretary who had charged his predecessor with untoward massaging of market rates, or too small to matter, or both.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Genesis' full-size luxury car comes with Nappa leather seating with front and rear heating and massaging functions.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of massaging
Verb
  • Mining for copper fell in the first half of the year relative to the same period in 2025, sparking fears over long-term supplies of the metal, which is key for the clean energy transition and building data centers.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The economics of journalism itself, and the war is sparking options traders’ interest.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sparking
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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