CLICKING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

clicking

verb

present participle of click

as in communing

to form a close personal relationship we just clicked from the moment we met

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as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired sometimes an idea simply clicks

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Recent Examples of clicking Avoid clicking links in unexpected texts or emails about spyware. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Somebody can read a comparison, form a preference and buy a week later without ever clicking the ad that shaped the decision. — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Debra Kissen, clinical director of Light On Anxiety in Chicago, told Today that discreet fidgeting is more socially acceptable than clicking pens or spinning gadgets. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026 To that end, players of Belmira’s City by Michael Heizer [Free Version], which anyone can try by clicking here, must start behind an intentionally obtrusive no-trespassing fence. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Donors can further protect themselves by navigating directly to an organization's official website instead of clicking unexpected donation links in texts, emails or social media posts. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Phia built other features that similarly dropped a cookie without the shopper intentionally clicking on its coupons or links. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Anyone clicking on this layer while looking at a wildfire location can see active fires in white or yellow, burning vegetation in red, and burned landscapes in dark brown or black. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 But something wasn’t clicking, and a school psychologist diagnosed him with a panic disorder, anxiety and depression. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

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Even so, in a digital world increasingly impacted by algorithms and all manner of AI, the allure of performers and music fans communing — live and in real time — cannot be underestimated.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026
But the main event was Madonna communing with the nearly 3,000 fans at the premiere, most of whom have followed her for decades.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 June 2026

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His six children inherited the franchise through a family trust, with Jeanie continuing to oversee the team’s business operations and succeeding her father as the Lakers’ representative on the NBA Board of Governors.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The mid-budget films succeeding right now are not proving the old middle-of-the-market model still works.

— Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of succeeding

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