Synonyms of going

going 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in usual

accepted, used, or practiced by most people

what's the going price for a good used washing machine?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• usual
• conventional
• current
• prevailing
• customary
• prevalent
• popular
• standard
• stock
• normal
• average
• ordinary
• common
• widespread
• everyday
• routine
• regular
• accustomed
• universal
• in
• ubiquitous
• fashionable
• epidemic
• wonted
• stylish
• modish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unusual
• unpopular
• extraordinary
• abnormal
• uncommon
• exceptional
• unconventional
• nonstandard

2

as in operating

being in effective operation

he just can't keep his small bookstore going

Synonyms & Similar Words

• operating
• operational
• operative
• running
• working
• on
• functioning
• live
• in force
• active
• alive
• operable
• functional
• in commission
• living
• on line
• viable
• effective
• in gear
• producing
• useful
• serving
• performing
• effectual
• busy
• employable
• usable
• workable
• humming
• productive
• flourishing
• yielding
• thriving
• dynamic
• bustling
• roaring
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• broken
• inactive
• inoperative
• useless
• ineffective
• nonfunctional
• nonoperative
• nonfunctioning
• kaput
• ineffectual
• arrested
• nonoperational
• nonactivated
• decommissioned
• deactivated
• nonoperating
• idle
• unusable
• fallow
• unworkable
• dormant
• asleep
• inoperable
• latent
• sleepy
• inert
• unproductive
• lifeless
• quiescent
• nonproductive
• stagnating
• vegetating

3

as in successful

having attained a desired end or state of good fortune

our continued partnership with them is a going concern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• successful
• prosperous
• thriving
• triumphant
• coming
• promising
• in clover
• flourishing
• growing
• palmy
• booming
• runaway
• roaring
• gangbusters
• robust
• boffo
• socko

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsuccessful
• failing
• failed
• collapsing
• hopeless
• slipping
• no-good
• folding
• inauspicious
• washing-out
• unpromising
• flopping
• bankrupt
• declining
• waning
• destroyed
• futureless
• flunking
• ruined
• slumping
• wrecked
• kerflooey
• kaput

going

2 of 3

noun

ˈgō-iŋ 

1

as in process

forward movement in time or place

tried to get down the hill quickly, but it was slow going with an injured foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• process
• progress
• advance
• progression
• procession
• advancement
• march
• coming
• flow
• headway
• passage
• furtherance
• leap
• approach
• stream
• way
• current
• drift
• bound
• onrush
• nearing
• jump
• step
• flux
• arrival
• advent
• stride
• impetus
• momentum

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retreat
• regression
• recession
• regress
• return
• recess
• retrogression
• ebb
• reverse
• reflux
• reversal
• retraction
• turnaround
• backwash
• turnabout
• about-face

2

as in departure

the act of leaving a place

was so absorbed in her TV show she didn't notice his comings or goings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departure
• leave
• exiting
• departing
• exodus
• evacuation
• quitting
• withdrawal
• flight
• parting
• exit
• decamping
• walking out
• retirement
• farewell
• lighting out
• decampment
• outgo
• retreat
• emigration
• leave-taking
• diaspora
• abandonment
• running away
• embarkation
• egress
• forsaking
• relinquishment
• disembarkation
• embarkment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• appearance
• arrival
• approach
• advent
• entrance
• ingress

going

3 of 3

verb

present participle of go

1

as in doing

to move forward along a course

everything is going according to our plans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doing
• progressing
• coming
• proceeding
• marching
• forging
• advancing
• going along
• coming along
• going off
• getting along
• pacing
• getting on
• gaining ground
• faring
• speeding
• traveling
• pushing
• approaching
• accelerating
• driving
• nearing
• journeying
• running
• repairing
• passing
• wending
• propelling
• fast-forwarding
• impelling
• taking out
• actuating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• standing
• staying
• stopping
• checking
• blocking
• stemming
• impeding
• hindering
• holding back
• obstructing
• slowing (down or up)
• halting
• arresting
• interrupting
• delaying
• detaining
• suppressing
• retarding
• waiting
• stalling
• repressing
• hampering
• pausing
• inhibiting
• ceasing
• balking
• nipping
• stunting
• cramping
• regressing
• letting up

2

as in moving

to leave a place often for another

will go on vacation at the end of the year

decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moving
• exiting
• departing
• getting
• starting
• escaping
• flying
• evacuating
• bailing
• fleeing
• quitting
• parting
• running along
• going off
• pulling out
• getting off
• walking out
• pushing off
• stepping (along)
• taking off
• retiring
• pushing on
• digging out
• packing (up or off)
• cutting out
• peeling off
• buzzing (off)
• shoving (off)
• bailing out
• clearing out
• booking
• withdrawing
• bugging out
• clearing off
• retreating
• sallying (forth)
• beating it
• skipping
• emigrating
• scarpering
• taking a hike
• hitting the road
• vamoosing
• taking a powder
• buggering off
• bugging off
• pulling stakes
• setting out
• striking out
• piking (out or off)
• going out
• abandoning
• getting out
• running away
• deserting
• removing
• absconding
• stepping out
• vacating
• decamping
• forsaking
• mizzling
• scramming
• lighting out
• adjourning
• scatting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• arriving
• remaining
• staying
• showing up
• settling
• approaching
• closing
• abiding
• dwelling
• turning up
• lodging
• nearing
• reaching
• hitting
• tarrying
• landing

3

as in serving

to be fitting or proper

at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doing
• serving
• sufficing
• befitting
• suiting
• fitting
• working
• filling the bill
• beseeming
• satisfying
• functioning

4

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point

your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponding
• coinciding
• conforming
• agreeing
• checking
• consisting
• according
• fitting
• sorting
• answering
• rhyming
• squaring
• tallying
• harmonizing
• dovetailing
• aligning
• matching
• cohering
• jibing
• paralleling
• falling in with
• comporting
• chording
• equaling
• registering
• lining up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differing (from)
• disagreeing (with)
• contradicting
• disputing
• conflicting
• negating
• nullifying
• clashing
• jarring
• gainsaying

5

as in leading

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the highway goes right along the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leading
• running
• extending
• lying
• heading
• crossing
• passing
• bearing
• cutting
• following
• spanning
• traversing
• coursing

6

as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality

she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop

the room went dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• becoming
• growing
• getting
• coming
• turning
• running
• changing
• waxing
• transforming
• altering
• modifying
• transmuting
• metamorphosing
• mutating
• transfiguring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• being
• continuing
• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• abiding

7

as in collapsing

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• tumbling
• dying
• going out
• giving
• crumpling
• buckling
• giving way
• melting
• yielding
• crumbling
• foundering
• shattering
• imploding
• failing
• crashing
• caving (in)
• breaking
• bursting
• stalling
• popping
• splitting
• flattening
• smashing
• cracking
• snapping
• giving out
• deflating
• melting down
• splintering
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

8

as in belonging

to have or be in a usual or proper place

these plates go in this cabinet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belonging
• staying
• placing
• fitting (in)

9

as in fading

to lose bodily strength or vigor

when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fading
• weakening
• failing
• sagging
• sinking
• lagging
• languishing
• deteriorating
• decaying
• drooping
• flagging
• wasting (away)
• withering
• emaciating
• wilting
• wearing out
• rotting
• running down
• degenerating
• yielding
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovering
• rallying
• gaining
• recuperating
• convalescing
• rebounding

10

as in traversing

to make one's way through, across, or over

I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traversing
• crossing
• following
• walking
• traveling
• navigating
• covering
• tracking
• passing (over)
• cutting (across)
• proceeding (along)
• transiting
• riding
• coursing
• hiking
• perambulating
• treading
• peregrinating
• running
• traipsing
• tramping
• crisscrossing

11

as in ranging

to occur within a continuous range of variation

selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranging
• varying
• running
• moving
• changing
• shifting
• reaching
• alternating
• extending
• fluctuating
• stretching
• sweeping
• mutating

12

as in putting

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• putting
• betting
• wagering
• playing
• gambling
• offering
• staking
• laying
• speculating
• bidding
• venturing
• endangering
• jeopardizing
• chancing
• adventuring
• hazarding
• imperiling

13

as in planning

chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal

I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planning
• intending
• hoping
• trying
• looking
• aiming
• contemplating
• wishing
• proposing
• meaning
• designing
• attempting
• purporting
• aspiring
• calculating
• purposing
• meditating
• dreaming
• considering
• struggling
• allowing
• striving
• figuring on
• debating
• pondering
• plotting
• endeavoring
• accomplishing
• effecting
• achieving
• performing
• executing
• scheming
• mulling (over)

14

as in stopping

to come to an end

we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• ending
• ceasing
• expiring
• concluding
• halting
• dying
• finishing
• passing
• closing
• terminating
• stalling
• determining
• discontinuing
• lapsing
• breaking off
• leaving off
• winding up
• elapsing
• letting up
• winking (out)
• quitting
• dead-ending
• breaking up
• biting the dust
• staying
• pausing
• laying off (of)
• refraining (from)
• suspending
• packing (up or in)
• giving over
• cutting out
• desisting (from)
• knocking off
• winding down
• breaking down
• petering (out)
• conking (out)
• abating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• persisting
• hanging on
• extending
• prolonging
• drawing out
• protracting

15

as in affording

to have enough money for

I think I can go for the new car after all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affording
• getting
• swinging
• purchasing
• covering
• paying (for)
• obtaining
• financing
• taking
• expending
• acquiring
• procuring
• springing (for)
• offering
• securing
• bidding
• outlaying
• subsidizing
• picking up
• ponying up
• underwriting
• bankrolling
• endowing

16

as in standing

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• standing
• tolerating
• taking
• handling
• accepting
• enduring
• sustaining
• bearing
• wearing
• meeting
• absorbing
• living with
• supporting
• stomaching
• sticking out
• standing for
• swallowing
• hacking
• abiding
• biding
• pocketing
• lumping (it)
• suffering
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• brooking
• countenancing
• allowing
• permitting
• respecting
• reconciling (to)
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• consenting (to)
• acquiescing
• assenting (to)
• capitulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• fighting
• declining
• dismissing
• rejecting
• opposing
• resisting
• turning down
• avoiding
• missing
• contesting
• combating
• repudiating
• escaping
• evading
• bypassing
• eluding
• spurning
• dodging
• circumventing
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

17

as in dying

to stop living

her grandmother went peacefully last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• falling
• perishing
• succumbing
• departing
• ending
• exiting
• disappearing
• passing (on)
• expiring
• checking out
• stepping out
• passing away
• parting
• buying it
• popping off
• fading
• kicking off
• dropping
• kicking in
• pegging out
• failing
• deceasing
• kicking the bucket
• giving up the ghost
• snuffing it
• demising
• croaking
• flatlining
• biting the dust
• conking (out)
• consuming
• drying up
• predeceasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• breathing
• coming to
• being
• existing
• reviving
• lingering
• flourishing
• subsisting
• thriving
• prospering

18

as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired

we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeeding
• clicking
• going over
• coming off
• working out
• delivering
• bearing fruit
• flourishing
• catching fire
• going like clockwork
• prospering
• delivering the goods
• doing the trick
• panning out
• thriving
• catching on
• cooking
• percolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• failing
• struggling
• striking out
• collapsing
• folding
• bombing
• flopping
• washing out
• flunking
• languishing
• foundering
• declining
• slipping
• floundering
• sinking
• waning
• slumping
• crumbling
• crashing
• skidding
• choking
• cratering
• going under
• falling down
• misfiring
• cracking up
• imploding
• flaming out
• miscarrying
• self-destructing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of going

Adjective

Knitted ties match well with more easy-going outfits, especially if they’re made from a textured wool, so keep these for more relaxed settings. — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022

Stewart’s easy-going style that belies the drive beneath his big, easy smile. — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022

Noun

When the going is tough, the best bet is often to fall back on financial basics. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

In his first season after signing a three-year, $43-million deal in Chicago, he was significantly slowed by a knee injury in the early going. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Verb

Kate Middleton isn’t going full fall with her royal wardrobe yet. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Vancouver had a 25-49-8 record overall while going 8-16-2 against opponents from the Pacific Division last season. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing going

• get going
• going crook