OPENING (UP) Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

opening (up)

verb

Definition of opening (up)

present participle of open (up)

as in scooping (out)

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as in needing

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Verb

In exchange for a lesser charge and freeing his mother, the perpetrator agrees to testify against the other two men, which ultimately leads to rape convictions for the two.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
This loop traps us, backfilling saved time with even more low-value complexity rather than freeing up space for deep thinking.

— Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of freeing

Verb

The joy of being in DTLA is proximity to transit, putting Santa Monica, Pasadena, and everywhere in between within easy reach without necessarily needing Ubers or a rental car.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
But the paradox of choice can be a headache for companies needing computing power yesterday.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of needing

Verb

And still, that is just unplugging as tourism, not unlike visiting a spa with a raw-vegan menu and daily yoga classes or attending a writers retreat that brings you breakfast in a basket every morning and someone who cleans your room.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
After Rice tried to stop the surveillance, turning the cameras around or unplugging the internet, Perera, Rice said, began calling the police in Ohio from 2,300 miles away in California, to request welfare checks.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unplugging

Verb

The drawings were extraordinary, but the text — while unsurprisingly playful — was also tropey and wanting, and the wanting came in waves.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2026
With 39% of Gen Z wanting human support if something goes wrong, brands that quietly thinned call centers during the chatbot buildout will face measurable churn.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of wanting

Verb

Since mid-August, Figuera’s delegation and the Venezuelan government have reached agreements on releasing political prisoners, unblocking some independent media and restructuring the Supreme Court.

— Helena Carpio, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Load in the orchestration layer, the tooling, the integrations and, above all, the human supervision, because someone is reviewing, correcting and unblocking that agent, and their time is real money.

— Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of unblocking

Verb

Forward Eetu Luostarinen left the game midway through the third period after taking a puck to the face and did not return.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
Late in the third quarter, UNC took its first lead of the game on Demon June's 1-yard touchdown run, taking a 14-10 lead.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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opening (up)

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