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 Avoid sweating through your shirt on the second hole by choosing a lightweight, breathable polo, like this one from Travismathew. —

Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026 Widow’s Bay concerns a fictional island town in New England whose mayor, Tom (Matthew Rhys), is sweating to get the same tourism dollars those fancier, think-they’re-so-great places like Martha’s Vineyard get. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 June 2026 From outside the vehicle, a responding officer said that the 5-year-old boy was conscious and awake, but the 6-month-old girl was red, sweating profusely and appeared unresponsive. —

Patrick Damp, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Shower and change into clean, dry clothes as quickly as possible after sweating. —

Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026 Finding clothes that are both cool enough and appropriate to wear at the office typically requires either artful layering to cover open backs and cropped tops or sweating in polyester blends that resemble a crumpled napkin by summer’s end. —

Irene Richardson, InStyle, 12 June 2026 So, even if some team clears max room, the Hornets can outbid them in total dollars, length and yearly bumps without sweating the cap sheet. —

Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026 During the day's exploring, employ the buddy system and look out for signs of heat illness like feeling dizzy, experiencing nausea or muscle cramps and sweating with cool and clammy skin. —

ABC News, 8 June 2026 While the big drop in business is near to The Mandalorian and Grogu’s second weekend dive, executives from Backrooms’ studio, A24, are probably not sweating the news too much. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

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The woodcut birth figures contained in these books were not images drawn from observation—pregnant cadavers for anatomical drawing were hard to come by—but were instead abstracted diagrams of the chaotic diversity of laboring bodies.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Another laboring woman with the same image on her phone.

— Karli Swenson, The Conversation, 11 June 2026