Synonyms of scaling

scaling

verb

present participle of scale

as in measuring

to find out the size, extent, or amount of

scaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield

Synonyms & Similar Words

• measuring
• gauging
• weighing
• spanning
• assessing
• estimating
• computing
• evaluating
• ascertaining
• calibrating
• quantifying
• calculating
• judging
• determining
• figuring
• laying off
• summing
• marking (off)
• calipering
• appraising
• quantitating
• valuing
• adding up
• guessing
• valuating
• figuring out
• discovering
• ciphering
• finding out
• working out
• guesstimating
• supposing
• totaling
• conjecturing
• doping (out)
• tallying
• reckoning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scaling

Tom Cruise has built a career on jumping out of airplanes, scaling skyscrapers and performing other high-wire antics in the name of entertainment. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Optical computing could potentially address power, bandwidth and scaling constraints associated with increasingly demanding computing workloads. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

The next challenge will be scaling up this technology and applying it to larger pieces of wood as effectively. — New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026

Slenzak, who reports to Knight, has been tasked with scaling original production for the company and commissioning original programming. — Peter White, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

The urge is then to try to make the financial case for paying those up-front costs, with now-rancorous calls for ‘scaling up’ investments in mitigation technologies. — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Leaders who wait until an agent is live to clean up disconnected systems and inconsistent data will spend next year fixing bad decisions instead of scaling good ones. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Bullish thesis Agentforce is scaling faster than price reflects. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

The initiative tackles one of the industry’s biggest hurdles — scaling lower-impact materials and manufacturing — by aggregating demand instead of relying on isolated, brand-by-brand efforts that have stymied progress. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026