PUTTING OUT Synonyms: 220 Similar and Opposite Words

putting out 1 of 2

noun

as in coming out

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putting out

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verb

present participle of put out

as in exerting

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

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as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning put out the campfire before leaving

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as in bothering

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house

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as in weighing

to cause discomfort to or trouble for if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?

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as in publishing

to produce and release for distribution in printed form though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

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Recent Examples of putting out

Verb

The process of putting out the fire created smoke, so everyone in Tier 5A and all other tiers on the fifth floor were evacuated as a precaution, the sheriff's office said. — Greg Kelly, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 This isn’t a scientific survey — it’s meant to be fun and help show off the best of what our local businesses are putting out. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026 Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging and forest thinning, or allowing fires to burn under safe conditions, the default choice today is to pour more money and effort into the star approach of the moment. — Matt Thompson, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 Things may take time to gel together but Elliot Anderson already looks extremely promising, both in possession and by putting out fires when City lose it, while Ayyoub Bouaddi is an exciting prospect who will get a good amount of game time. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Scott has been putting out dud after dud after dud, and this one appears to be yet another, with just a 40% RT score. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 By not putting out a press release or social media post announcing their Kalshi partnerships, both MLB clubs avoided the kind of embarrassing backlash that befell the New York Mets a few weeks ago. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The weeks before school starts see major retailers and manufacturers putting out impressive offers on a wide variety of portables, from ultra-budget Chromebooks to potent mobile workstations. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026 When putting out the car fire, for example, three girls line up with an instructor to hold the powerful hose. — Julianna Mejia july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting out

Noun

The Type 01 is the first production car since the brand’s reinvention, and the most powerful, most aerodynamic, and most technologically advanced car Jaguar has ever built.

— Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
Paul Heaney’s company itself acts as the central commissioner, putting projects into production and then sells the rights to buyers who have already stated their interest.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of production

Verb

With broader crypto legislation stalling in Congress, regulators are exerting their existing powers to address individual parts of the market, said Jeff Ko, chief analyst at blockchain infrastructure service provider ViaBTC.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Trump successfully exerting political control over the Fed would be extremely bad news for just about everyone.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of exerting

Verb

Crews continued mopping up the fire Monday, strengthening containment lines and extinguishing hot spots at least 300 feet inside the perimeter.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Since then, southern Italians have attributed all sorts of miracles to his intercession, including extinguishing the volcanic fires of Mount Vesuvius in 1631.

— Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of extinguishing

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The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Beyond apprenticeships, the mayor’s childcare office is weighing opportunities for assistant teachers to become lead teachers, and partnerships with CUNY and other higher education institutions on more traditional models.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

Without a quorum, agency staffers are limited to collecting and publishing campaign finance reports, answering questions from candidates about the law and fielding new complaints.

— Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The volume of results stunned many mathematicians, while the way OpenAI has gone about tackling the problems and publishing the solutions divided the field.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of publishing

Noun

The tight loop between capital, asset issuing, and auction-as-legitimizing-engine echoed Polymarket’s recursive news-and-market-making cycle.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Federal officials have long worked with companies and individuals to minimize harm to species by crafting habitat protection plans and issuing permits for some incidental killings.

— Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of issuing

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And with the National Cancer Institute preparing a major randomized trial of multicancer screening tests using cancer death as the endpoint, the agency should also consider whether approving Grail’s test will impede that work.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
The short treatment menu includes facials and massages, using Tribe517 products.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026