INVOLVEMENT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

involvement

noun

Definition of involvement

as in experience

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as in participation

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Recent Examples of involvement Even with such a high involvement in the Liberty’s offense, the ball doesn’t tend to stick to Stewart for long stretches without opportunities to get teammates involved. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 The one constant in the franchise is the involvement of Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg and producer Frank Marshall, who exercise a heavy hand. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Russia has not claimed responsibility for any involvement in these incidents. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 This is nothing more than a euphemism for encouraging less citizen input and involvement in determining city policies and spending priorities. — Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for involvement

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Noun

From sneak peeks of new Disney movies and shows to first looks at new experiences and products, D23 is the place where news is made for fans of Disney's theme parks, characters and more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Closer to the season is when teams shift from building towards the demands of competitive football to trying to replicate them, while giving as many players as possible that experience.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of experience

Noun

What began as a high school project has grown significantly, now supported by Nike, ensuring free participation in high-level showcases.

— Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Conversely, when the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates aggressively in 2022 to rein in inflation, asset prices plummeted and the participation rate slightly recovered.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of participation

Noun

The head of the tenants association at the Frederick Douglass Houses on the Upper West Side took photos and videos of individuals sitting on blankets in a stairwell and laying on cardboard in a hallway.

— Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
As a result, German autoworker layoffs are now higher than during the global financial crisis of 2008–9 or the COVID pandemic, forcing German and European business associations to call for unprecedentedly stringent local content requirements.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of association

Noun

People think of intimacy in a romantic sense, but the relationships artists have with the people in their corner in the industry is also really intimate.

— Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The #MeToo movement in 2017 changed Hollywood’s approach to love scenes, providing greater protections to performers through intimacy coordinators.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of intimacy

Noun

Connecticut Coalition for Pretrial Justice formed to press for reform of the cash bail system in Connecticut, something the group said keeps people behind bars not based on safety concerns but on their ability to pay.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Reports have surfaced this week of mental health concerns aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as its crew endures more than 200 days without a port call during operations against Iran.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of concern

Noun

As conversations around healthy aging increasingly shift from simply living longer to maintaining mobility, cognitive health, and quality of life, environmental exposures are becoming another part of that picture.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Clinicians receive regular alerts of local measle exposure sites.

— Dr. Marianne Parshley, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposure

Noun

On the island, the team makes the acquaintance of Rex (Hayden Chamberlain), a paraplegic dog who has been stranded there for two years and in that time has befriended the dinosaurs and constructed an elaborate treehouse for himself.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
The game began when Aguilar invited 11 artists of his acquaintance to choose one of his old compositions and freely remake it.

— Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of acquaintance

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