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  • present participle of carry.
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carrying

ADJECTIVE
expecting
Synonyms
WEAK
childbearing expectant in a family way with child
ADJECTIVE
in the family way
Synonyms
WEAK
anticipating expecting gestating heavy with child knocked-up with child
ADJECTIVE
penetrating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
biting piercing trenchant
STRONG
clear-cut crisp cutting edged entering forcing infiltrating permeating pointed puncturing shrill
WEAK
going through ingoing intrusive passing through penetrant pervasive pungent sharp strong
Antonyms
STRONGEST
kind nice weak
STRONG
soft
WEAK
blunt dull idiotic senseless stupid unintelligent
NOUN
carriage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freight
STRONG
conveyance conveying transit transport transportation
WEAK
delivering
NOUN
conveyance
Synonyms
STRONG
car carriage communication machine movement transfer transference transmission transportation vehicle
Antonyms
WEAK
hold possession
NOUN
employment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business contracting enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade
STRONG
assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work
WEAK
engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fun unemployment
STRONG
avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender
WEAK
idleness inactivity misuse
NOUN
maintenance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
care conservation preservation supply upkeep
STRONG
aliment alimentation alimony allowance bacon bread continuance continuation food keep keeping livelihood living nurture prolongation provision repairs resources salt subsistence sustainment wherewithal
WEAK
bread and butter retainment sustaining sustention
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destruction neglect negligence
STRONG
end entertainment finish fun stop
WEAK
desertion forsaking ignorance
NOUN
transit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
passage shipment transport travel
STRONG
alteration carriage conveyance crossing infiltration motion movement osmosis penetration permeation portage shift transfer transference transporting traverse
Antonyms
STRONG
hold stagnation
NOUN
transmission
Synonyms
STRONGEST
communication transportation
STRONG
conveyance hauling sending transference transmittal
WEAK
transposal
NOUN
transport
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shipment shipping transit transportation
STRONG
carriage carrier carting conveyance conveying conveyor freightage hauling lift movement mover moving passage removal transference transferring transporting transshipment truckage vehicle
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay
NOUN
transportation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shipment shipping transit transport
STRONG
conveying freightage haulage hauling passage portage
WEAK
moving

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Then this past spring, the lawsuit claims, a Metrolink train carrying hundreds of passengers got stuck in a tunnel when a fuel manifold failed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

“The same rate hike that helps a CD also punishes anyone carrying a credit-card balance.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Is there a risk to the NFL’s strategy of creating more windows and platforms carrying games?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The drug blocks a transport protein responsible for carrying a component needed to produce acetyl-CoA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

His men insist on carrying him to an ox cart for the short ride into town.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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