WELCOMING Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

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

In its mission to be one of the most welcoming restaurants, Skywalker Grill is definitely one of the most comfortable. — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 The spaces are very welcoming and functional, and their original moldings, balconies, woodwork, and structural elements have been restored and integrated with a modern touch. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 Daunt’s idea of good bookshops—welcoming, browsable retail spaces that are also singular and carry human fingerprints—became the template for remaking more than six hundred Barnes & Noble stores. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The double-height lobby is small but welcoming, and the two circular light fixtures that float in the upper regions of the space are a jaunty accent to the more staid expression of the building. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Director and President of the Academy Museum and Academy Collection, Amy Homma, opened the evening with welcoming remarks, followed by a toast from museum trustee Olivier de Givenchy. — Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026 In a statement to The Times, Austin FC said it was committed to providing a welcoming, safe and respectful environment for all fans. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Established in 2016, Lubov gained a reputation as a welcoming home for cutting-edge artists. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 Oct. 2026 The resort’s Brandi Land campus is designed to foster a welcoming, inclusive environment, with a particular emphasis on the festival’s predominantly LGBTQ+ community. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Oct. 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

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

Adjective

An unopened box may look exciting when it is surrounded by balloons, friends and the smell of cake.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
They're packaged quite perfectly for gift-giving in a gift set of four mini bars that are just as exciting to unwrap as an (edible) holiday treat.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of exciting

Verb

The video shows Putin wearing military uniform and greeting senior Russian commanders.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
My mom’s siblings usually arrived in a sour mood without greeting anyone at the table, my aunt’s brow furrowed and my uncle wearing a sneaky smirk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of greeting

Adjective

Amalia Ulman’s 2025 film Magic Farm, about an American team’s desperation to manufacture a viral trend in rural Argentina, is minor cringe for its pleasurable skewering of the attention economy.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Just as the first drag of a cigarette hits better than the pulls that follow it, there’s a real chance that a lie down on a 2000T will never be as pleasurable as the first time.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasurable

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Oaksmith, the whisky Suntory blended for the Indian market and launched in 2019, has been gaining market share, while Jim Beam is enjoying double-digit growth in India.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Our staffer’s been enjoying back pocket recipes lately—with the first one inspired by Richard Olney, the Iowan painter, food writer, and Parisian ex-pat.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of enjoying

Adjective

The song is a dreamy barn-raiser, hoisting this premise on warm guitar tones and a plaintive tone that proves a through-line throughout the record.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
After another warm weekend, with widespread high temperatures in the 80s, California is set for a real cooldown this week.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of warm

Adjective

Motherhood may not have been her calling, but Sabrina Popo was a loving and affectionate grandmother.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
God is the one divine Mind, and what God knows is what’s real – including each of us as His creation, spiritual, loving, whole, and helpful.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026

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