SCOUTING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

scouting

verb

present participle of scout

as in ridiculing

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media

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Recent Examples of scouting The first is scouting external assets that biotechnology companies have developed and that big pharma companies look to license. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 May 2026 Instead, the only two front-office additions, Aponte and director of college scouting John Ritcher, had previously worked with Schoen. —

Dan Duggan, New York Times, 21 May 2026 The sequence in which Elsa first meets Bonifacio is a delightfully romantic version of a striptease, with Elsa and a colleague, who are there scouting for an underwear commercial, sitting among a crowd of rowdy bachelorette partygoers. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2026 Industry experts observed that the event could attract major technology companies, research institutions, and robot collectors scouting for early access to next-gen machines. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for scouting

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The internet absolutely let Clavicular have it, ridiculing the influencer with a barrage of memes.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
North Korea conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued crude statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026