THROWING (ON) Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

throwing (on)

verb

present participle of throw (on)

as in slipping (on or into)

to place on one's person threw on a sweater and headed outside

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Osama, donning his bulletproof blue press jacket and armed with his camera, is accosted by a woman wailing that 200 of her neighbors are gone.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
City chic couples clad in James Perse T-shirts and Tkees slides, golfers donning Titleist visors, business execs, and island-hopping world travelers can be spotted here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026

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This museum inside a Renaissance palazzo in the heart of Florence has been putting on one blockbuster exhibition after another.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
The Hall of Fame itself rejigged itself, putting on something of a Federer-fest with an atmosphere to match.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of putting on

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Consider rigging up a temporary irrigation system the first season with hoses and impact sprinklers.

— Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Aug. 2026
Also on Wednesday, a botched car bomb detonated prematurely, killing three people at a nearby home and also eight militants who were rigging the explosives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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