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

With loans, there is an expectation that the campaign — using donor funds — will pay the candidate back, said Shanna Ports, a senior legal counsel for the nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Learning from human demonstrations offers another way to develop skills by using examples of how a task should be performed. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Lamy, now with the Jacques Delors Institute, was one of the authors of a recent policy paper that called for restrictions on Chinese exports using a quota system — an idea that the EU has now embraced. — semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Typically custom-designed using specialized steel, some are so massive that transporting them can require moving power lines. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

For families using the vouchers, nothing changes immediately. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Richland also suggests using barrier-supportive ingredients like ceramides or ectoin at night. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

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