DEALING Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

dealing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of dealing

as in bargaining

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as in activity

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dealing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of deal

as in trafficking

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property that store deals in used furniture

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as in negotiating

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price

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Recent Examples of dealing

Noun

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul. — Lisa Kim,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 East Chicago resident Jennifer Fodor said it's been especially tough dealing without power because of her daughter's medical issues. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

If the company is required to dial back some of its recommendation systems or engagement features for younger users, Magid said the result could increase trust without dealing a major blow to Meta’s revenue. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is back in the kitchen and dealing out tough love to restaurant owners, this time just a short distance from Pittsburgh. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dealing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing

Noun

However, the threat of taking California to the Supreme Court may be enough to bring the state’s AG Rob Bonta back to the bargaining table.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
And neither side is inclined to move much this early in bargaining.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Noun

The crude market remains dominated by state producers, major energy companies, commodity merchants and large industrial consumers whose activity dwarfs that of individual traders.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
On the same morning, a short drive away, a therapist who asked to be identified as Bre was also patrolling, having woken up to an alert on her phone about ICE activity at her daughter’s former elementary school.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of activity

Verb

The Justice Department⁠ on Wednesday said a federal grand jury indicted two commanders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, accusing the brothers of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States and committing firearms offenses.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Long said Mexican drug-trafficking organizations and other criminal groups continue to move large amounts of marijuana across state lines.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of trafficking

Verb

Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Iran and Oman are negotiating a deal to temporarily open the strait.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

Iceland is headed toward rejecting a referendum that would have restarted negotiations to join the European Union more than a decade after previous talks died, the national broadcaster reported Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
The report, however, notes that Uthmeier was in a position of authority over the aides leading the negotiations.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiation

Noun

Crowds boomed along with that success, increasing the exposure and scrutiny.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Somers Superintendent Sam Galloway, whose district has surpassed its pre-COVID test scores, attributed the success in part to the district limiting screen time for students.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of success

Verb

Zhu wants agents trading exactly those, starting with government bonds and money-market funds and moving to real estate and private credit, sold to banks as a service rather than built in-house.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Cam Miller cut The Dolphins moved on from a second backup quarterback, releasing Cam Miller less than 18 hours after trading Quinn Ewers to Jacksonville.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of trading

Noun

Mirramezani said roughly a sixth of Iran’s non-oil exports also go to the UAE, while Dubai has long been an important hub for Iranian financial transactions.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Once the immediate transactions are done, this is really the task that will define much of the new GM’s first year.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026