Synonyms of using

using

verb

present participle of use

1

as in utilizing

to put into action or service

I will need to use the large hammer for this project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utilizing
• applying
• exploiting
• employing
• harnessing
• operating
• exercising
• making use of
• drawing on
• wielding
• manipulating
• handling
• bringing to bear
• working
• directing
• running
• recycling
• reusing
• cannibalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• misusing
• misapplying

2

as in treating

to behave toward in a stated way

the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treating
• handling
• serving
• being (to)
• acting (toward)
• dealing (with)
• regarding
• doing by
• viewing
• considering
• responding (to)
• engaging (with)
• reacting (to)
• rating
• esteeming
• reckoning

3

as in exploiting

to take unfair advantage of

I was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploiting
• abusing
• leveraging
• manipulating
• playing (on or upon)
• milking
• imposing (on or upon)
• working
• walking on
• capitalizing (on)
• trading on
• pimping
• cashing in (on)
• cheating
• mistreating
• sticking
• soaking
• commercializing
• overcharging
• bleeding
• skinning
• jerking around
• fleecing
• commodifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of using

Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues. — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026

In a small farm context, that will be to a grouping of farmers that form a producer unit using the same practices in the same climate. — Sj Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

The company’s battery engineers are confident that using the new facility inside those anonymous buildings 15 miles north of Detroit can launch new cell chemistries and formats for EVs and battery energy-storage systems in less time than predicted. — John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

But using myoglobin, which is found in animal tissue, could lead to vegetarian products that not only look and bleed like red meat but smell more like it, too. — Lila Magbilang, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026

Land managers are already using fire-scar data to decide when to ignite blazes on purpose. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Animation is being produced by SiXiTZ Studios, the animation and media studio founded and led by Macdonald, using workflows and technologies built in partnership with Magieva. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

And with the National Cancer Institute preparing a major randomized trial of multicancer screening tests using cancer death as the endpoint, the agency should also consider whether approving Grail’s test will impede that work. — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

The short treatment menu includes facials and massages, using Tribe517 products. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026