welcoming 1 of 2

adjective

as in pleasing

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welcoming

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verb

present participle of welcome
as in embracing
to receive or accept gladly or readily the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented

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Recent Examples of welcoming
Adjective
Established in 2016, Lubov gained a reputation as a welcoming home for cutting-edge artists. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 Oct. 2026 Most crime syndicates were more welcoming to Korean recruits, for example, than mainstream corporations were. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Art plays a large role in making the space feel welcoming, Coyl said. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The service For the sheer size of the hotel, the lobby feels warm and welcoming, and the service feels personalized and attentive. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The welcoming faces inside Huey’s on the Square in Liberty transported me back to my favorite coffee shop in Lincoln. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 And here in the wide, welcoming and inviting smile of his response their flame was instantly and definitely extinguished. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 All officers must meet fitness for duty requirements to be capable of performing their vital national security function while simultaneously creating a welcoming and professional environment for travelers. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Manhattan microcosm The feeling that Scotland’s most famous university is not a welcoming place for ordinary Scots is rooted in its unusually high international make-up. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
Amid the surprises, the families also celebrated the joy of welcoming their babies, especially for Brady, who said the pregnancy came after two miscarriages. — Marlee Ginter, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Greenberg Rohatyn also found in Paris a welcoming environment to show both art and design, the latter of which is the focus of Salon 94 Design. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 This year’s Tokyo International Film Festival will host ‘Academy in Tokyo’, a special program welcoming top executives from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The Consumer Bankers Association, which issued a statement welcoming the proposal in July, declined to comment for this story. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 After welcoming the guests onboard, Azul V’s engine stalls and dies twice when Kerry tries to start it. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026 International visitors were also scarce, with Los Angeles welcoming 700,000 international arrivals in June and July — roughly 80,000 visitors below 2024 levels for the same period, the report says. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Even once insular South Korea is welcoming more migrant workers to make up for its low birthrate. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 The Oscar nominee says his perspective on his new film, Fjord, has changed since welcoming his first child in July with partner Annabelle Wallis. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welcoming
  1. pleasing
  2. embracing
  3. exciting
  4. greeting
  5. pleasurable
  6. enjoying
  7. warm
  8. loving
Adjective
  • Its look, a pleasing meld of contemporary glass and steel, mid-century accents, and exposed brickwork, nods to the past.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This puzzle is stuffed with nuance, pleasing crosses and a lot of simply terrific, ridiculously evocative stuff — for example, a jarring assortment of lovely trivia intersecting with some hideous ailments at more than one juncture.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of pleasing
Verb
  • The trend hasn’t gone away completely, with stars like Chase Infiniti also embracing certain design cues from the dance art stage.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The four tribes partnering with Kalshi in California and Oklahoma add to a small but growing list of tribes embracing prediction markets.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of embracing
Adjective
  • More hotels are expected from exciting names in hospitality like Edition, W, and Rocco Forte—just in time too, as Milan will co-host the winter Olympics in 2026, a duty shared with the ski town of Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • There is always more to do; often more exciting, more rewarding, more fruitful work, thanks to technology.
    — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of exciting
Verb
  • While the players pull up socks, lace their boots and catch up with each other, head coach Ryan Pore enters, greeting each of them — one after another — with a handshake.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kaya spoke first at the hearing, politely greeting the judge from a seat in front of a set of curtains.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of greeting
Adjective
  • As a more scientific understanding of germ theory took hold, the impetus became less medicinal, more practical, then pleasurable.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At Westin, Burgio rejects the old distinction between virtuous food and pleasurable food altogether.
    — Lela London, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pleasurable
Verb
  • The Sox even invoked images of Little League players enjoying some postgame ice cream with their buddies at the local Dairy Queen.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The couple was also photographed holding hands last week, enjoying their first outing together since their return.
    — Lou Gomis, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoying
Adjective
  • With increasingly warm summers, many brands are also introducing additional April deliveries focused on true high-summer product.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Designed by notable furniture and interior designer Yabu Pushelberg (whose projects also include JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo), rooms are awash in warm gray tones and feature upholstered linen beds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of warm
Adjective
  • Nuanced, resonant verse paints a clear-eyed, profoundly loving portrait of a teen navigating the complexities of growing up.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Da Corte and his studio assistants personally painted this 32-foot-tall remake, which doubles as both a loving homage and a means of raising a great work to new heights.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of loving

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“Welcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welcoming. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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