SHIPPING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

shipping

verb

Definition of shipping

present participle of ship

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another we shipped those books out yesterday

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Recent Examples of shipping That model costs $8,000, and is slated to begin shipping this (Northern Hemisphere) fall. — New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026 Over the past decade, Ingka Centres has cut its operational climate footprint by 77%, a reduction Hylving attributes in part to prioritizing natural light over artificial lighting and sourcing local materials rather than shipping them in. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 But Tehran remains defiant after nearly six months of war and has brought shipping to a virtual standstill in ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, refusing to allow unauthorized oil tankers to transit a waterway that ⁠is vital for global oil shipments. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026 When the railroad arrived, Hempstead began shipping its harvest all over the region. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 An exception is shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, which collected the tariffs from their customers for overseas shipments. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Gulf Construction’s report was published in August last year and, of course, since then the Middle East has been engulfed in a war which has brought shipping to the region almost to a standstill. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The company has prided itself on relying on about two dozen mammoth warehouses as the core of its vast logistical network stockpiling the goods before shipping to about 100,000 storefront distribution points nationwide. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Global conflicts and the impact of climate change are driving up the costs of shipping worldwide, underlining concerns over the fragility of international supply chains and stoking inflation. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipping

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Are the club looking at keeping George Hemmings or sending him out on loan?

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Even a small, portable breakfast tends to beat sending a child to class on an empty stomach.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sending

Verb

Up there, high-altitude winds take over, transporting the smoke thousands of miles across the continent.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The vessel transporting iron ore to China was carrying 24 crew members, including 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to the coast guard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026