SELLING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

selling

verb

present participle of sell

as in marketing

to offer for sale to the public used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market

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Recent Examples of selling Many advisors also aim to reduce your lifetime tax bill with such strategies as selling profitable assets during your lower income years. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Fremantle, which has a first-look deal with Me+You, is selling the show globally. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Silbert founded the farm in 2020 with the idea of selling the produce to a friend’s restaurant, but when the pandemic shutdown upended those plans, the farm project shifted into an event space. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 After years of buying and selling horses, Casse knows the business will keep surprising him. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Francesca Breccia’s Coccinelle Film Sales is handling the film and will start selling it to international buyers during Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026 Although the tapes won’t be part of the planned auction, Littleton is going forward with selling previously unpublished photos of the band, studio material, set lists, a tour parka, instruments the band owned, and other items. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 College colors are important when selling near a university campus, particularly as clogs have become a favorite among students. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 Conventional pipelines for selling and showing design were stagnating, and heritage manufacturer contracts had evaporated. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for selling

Verb

The dealer and his art gallery have been barred by a judge in New York from selling or marketing a collection of art at the center of a $2 million dispute.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
What happens from the dock to the storefront is the brand; everything else is marketing.

— Allan Malcolm, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of marketing

Verb

Prices are at the lower spectrum of designer collections, with shirts retailing from about 400–450 euros and jackets from 1,000 to 1,200 euros.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
The 35 mm watch comes in either platinum or a silvered 18-karat Breguet gold, retailing for $203,300 and $184,800, respectively, and joins the house’s permanent collection.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026

Definition of retailing

Verb

Deablo wears the green dot for the Falcons’ defense, giving him the responsibility of distributing play calls to his teammates.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The rollout included distributing the new shoe across 5,000 doors, twice the average for a Nike basketball signature shoe, Hill explained.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributing

Verb

Clark received another technical foul late in Indiana’s June 13 victory over Connecticut after exchanging words with Saniya Rivers.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The gunman vanished into a home while exchanging shots with deputies, and he was later found in one of the bedrooms, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanging

Verb

The Pacific Palisades store is sectioned out more into zones than the previous one; the company sat down with the buyers and visual merchandizing teams to be more strategic in allotment, whether carving out space for denim or The Row.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
The merchandising giant Fanatics launched a 21+ prediction platform last year.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026