FARING Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

faring

verb

present participle of fare

as in coping

to meet one's day-to-day needs residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected

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as in progressing

to move forward along a course families can be seen faring along the road to the campground while driving or towing all manner of conveyance

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as in eating

to take a meal diners at this charming country inn will fare sumptuously in an authentic colonial atmosphere

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Recent Examples of faring How businesses have been faring By then, Fritz said, property and business owners along the street had given up on waiting for the project to be finished and had hatched plans to begin promoting a new Flagler Street anyway, Fritz said. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Overall, Disney’s experiential business is faring better than that of Comcast’s, which saw attendance drop in its own last report and is spinning its parks arm off as part of NBCUniversal. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 As a result, the sectoral picture has been particularly mixed, with some pockets of the Stoxx faring better than others. — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 SpaceX is set to issue its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, offering a detailed look at how the rocket, satellite and AI provider is faring after its ballyhooed initial public offering in June. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2026 Arne Slot’s side scored 19 league goals via that route with six top-flight clubs faring better, including Bournemouth (20). — James Pearce, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The survey suggested Kansas City’s hotels were faring the worst among all of the World Cup host cities. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026 Danagoulian has proposed a way to catch space-faring cheaters. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026 Indeed, the New York Fed has already discovered evidence that blue-collar workers are faring better at present than some counterparts. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 June 2026

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The film follows the two boys from that abuse in the summer of 1981 through a decade later, tracking two very different coping mechanisms.

— Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
Since their father’s diagnosis, Tallulah Willis and her sisters have occasionally shared updates on his condition and how the family is coping.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of coping

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Trapilo is progressing well, and Johnson wouldn’t rule out his return to practice by the end of preseason.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
One of the more unusual aspects of the collaboration is that both Formula One releases carry the same 16-year age statement rather than progressing to a different age.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressing

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Thousands of human-bear confrontations are reported to DEEP each year, with most involving bears eating from trash cans or bird feeders.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
By contrast, another participant recalled disagreeing with a friend who believed drinking soda and eating fast food was harmless, a belief the participant considered factually wrong.

— Andras Molnar, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of eating

Verb

Remember that the most amount of benefit occurs when going from none or little exercise to just a bit more.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The new order also puts a focus on Latino voters, with Nevada going second in the line-up, after Democrats lost ground with the key demographic in the 2024 presidential election.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

That does not suggest an update for the current Android 17 is coming anytime soon, not that Google’s new release offers much so far to set itself apart from Android 16.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2026
Though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early last week that a deal may be coming , that news never materialized.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming

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The Dolphins are proceeding with caution, but the optimism is growing that Bell might be healthy enough to start the 2026 season on the active roster.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
In an initial ruling that the government also appealed, Leon barred aboveground work on the ballroom from proceeding without congressional approval.

— Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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