HEWING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

hewing

verb

present participle of hew

as in mowing

to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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as in adhering

to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything

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Recent Examples of hewing The Iranian regime interpreted this as an existential threat and the ceasefire broke down on July 7 when Iran opened fire on vessels hewing closer to the Omani shoreline. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 July 2026 Avoiding sensationalism and hewing closely to the historical record, Kline subtly and often poetically documents the small, daily choices that shape these lives. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026 After the fall 2026 menswear shows came to a close back in January, Vogue’s Laird Borrelli-Persson reported that men’s clothes were hewing closer and closer to womenswear. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026 Season 1 includes 10 episodes, each hewing close to 30 minutes. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 This year, with supply hewing closely to typical seasonal patterns, expect the usual post-summer wave of new inventory to arrive. — John Walkup, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hewing

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There are plenty of landscaping tasks to perform year-round, from mowing the grass to watering your flowers.

— Molly Burford, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026
The workers are in the district’s landscape maintenance, conservation and experiential programming, fleet and facilities departments — clearing roads, mowing lawns, cleaning buildings, maintaining trails and emptying trash cans.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

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Please pass some of that energy to the Braves, who are clinging to a thin divisional lead weeks before the postseason.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
The world’s next high-tech gold rush might start with a tiny organism clinging to a backyard rock.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026