SWEATING Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

sweating

verb

present participle of sweat

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

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as in worrying

to experience concern or anxiety don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter

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as in dripping

to flow forth slowly through small openings the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

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as in interrogating

slang to put a series of questions to the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation

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Recent Examples of sweating Bass began to thump from the other side of the wall, and, as if in a dream, the girls left one by one and returned sweating in the old familiar alchemy. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Harvard Health recommends regular bathing, a strong deodorant or antiperspirant and plenty of water to offset fluid loss from sweating. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Harvard Health recommends bathing regularly, using a high-quality deodorant or antiperspirant, staying hydrated to offset fluid loss from sweating and talking to a doctor if a strange new scent lingers. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 Rosenblatt said stop sweating the impact that Meta’s Muse and other AI agents shopping on behalf of people will have on Amazon. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Historically, the industry relied on evaporative cooling, essentially sweating away millions of gallons of water to reject heat into the atmosphere. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Regardless, Hali Borenstein, chief executive officer, isn’t sweating the short-term and is focused on continuing along the path that brought Reformation to Wall Street in the first place. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 Brad Idzik’s earliest football memories were sweating in the metal bleachers at the old Tampa Stadium when his dad was the Buccaneers’ coordinator of football administration. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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Strange, yes, but definitely more memorable than an accountant in green eyeshade laboring over the books.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of laboring

Verb

With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Cloud computing let businesses add capacity without worrying much about what sat behind it.

— Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of worrying

Verb

In a twist on tailoring, jackets dripping with fringe made their way down the runway at Monse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Zendaya, who was a nominee for her powerful performance on the HBO drama Euphoria, wore a glamorous Prada gown dripping with crystals that was styled by Law Roach.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of dripping

Verb

These beliefs were not inevitable; they were constructed through repetition, strategic messaging, and, most important, media coverage that echoed the administration’s line rather than interrogating it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The second part, though, is that AI provides opportunities for CEOs to have a virtual board of directors, a new person on the team, and a way of interrogating their own thinking which may reduce the loneliness of being a CEO.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrogating

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Mitchell-Namdar said Pink Aid’s mission is to provide emergency aid assistance to those struggling during treatment, whether that means paying an electric bill, rent, offering wigs or lymphedema sleeves.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Many mid- and late-career working-class comics who would normally build the bridge to younger generations are struggling to make a living.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggling

Verb

Ratings agencies and investors are fretting about leverage as the combined company enters a shifting media landscape with $80 billion in debt after one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in corporate history.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Billy Joel doesn’t want anyone fretting too much over his health.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of fretting

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His parents were also sitting in the rear of the courtroom, his mother's eyes red from weeping.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of weeping

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Oklahoma Voice provides original, objective reporting examining the intersection of policy, impact and power.

— Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The opportunity to study both cuts side by side is invaluable for Kubrick enthusiasts — and instructive for film students interested in examining what drastically different effects the same footage can yield.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026