CARRIED Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

carried

verb

past tense of carry

as in hauled

to support and take from one place to another each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack

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as in packed

to wear or have on one's person I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot

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as in offered

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition all of the television networks will carry the president's speech

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as in included

to have as part of a whole the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts

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as in sustained

to hold up or serve as a foundation for erected a trellis to carry the vine

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as in earned

to receive as return for effort carried off the award for best picture of the year

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as in behaved

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity

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Recent Examples of carried Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning. — David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 In Nepal, images showed roads buried beneath thick layers of mud, homes partially submerged and survivors being carried or transported to safer areas. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 This meant that a high proportion of the ionic current was carried by lithium ions. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who carried a union card for almost 60 years. — John Nichols, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026 Continuing with the trial carried some risk for Meta because the company lost several child-safety cases this year, including one in Los Angeles. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The agreement gives the NWSL a replacement for the Sunday night slate previously carried by Victory+, which the league abruptly dropped last month. — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 More than 60,000 residents participated, and roughly 90 percent voted in favor of ending the concession, giving the movement greater political legitimacy even though the referendum carried no legal authority. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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More than 200 walruses were hauled out on the beach, grunting and groaning, wriggling and jostling for position.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Yet no one hauled him before Congress to answer for stoking racial tensions, snubbing George Washington, or making America sad on her birthday.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026

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Hundreds of Seattle Education Association (SEA) members packed the Seattle Convention Center ballroom Wednesday night to vote 91% in favor of a strike.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Because each image covers such an enormous field of view, scientists expect virtually every exposure to be packed with information.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of packed

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The woman was able to leave the residence before officers arrived and was later taken to Aurora Medical Center in Burlington for injuries sustained in the assault.

— Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Absent new domestic discoveries of the scale and accessibility needed to replace them, overall production could not be sustained.

— David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of sustained

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Singletary took a pay cut to the minimum salary to stay this offseason, and then earned his spot on the roster.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Bartko, who earned degrees in civil engineering and law in Belarus, fled her home country on a student visa to avoid political persecution over her vocal opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026