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dealing

[dee-ling] / ˈdi lɪŋ /
NOUN
commerce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business economics exchange industry marketing retailing trade traffic
STRONG
dealings merchandising truck
WEAK
merchantry wholesaling
Antonyms
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unemployment
NOUN
contraband
Synonyms
STRONGEST
piracy smuggling trafficking
STRONG
bootlegging crime goods moonshine plunder poaching stuff swag theft violation
WEAK
counterfeiting rum-running wetbacking
Antonyms
WEAK
legal goods
NOUN
distribution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation
STRONG
administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading
WEAK
alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating
Antonyms
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hold keeping retention
STRONG
juncture unity
WEAK
collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store
NOUN
exchange
Synonyms
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change commerce network swap transaction transfer
STRONG
barter castling commutation conversion correspondence interchange interdependence interrelation rearrangement reciprocation reciprocity replacement revision shift shuffle shuffling substitution supplanting switch traffic transposing transposition truck
WEAK
buying and selling quid pro quo supplantment tit for tat
Antonyms
STRONG
stagnation
NOUN
trade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce contract deal enterprise exchange industry market traffic transaction
STRONG
barter clientele custom customers interchange patronage public sales swap truck
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disagreement idleness indolence misunderstanding unemployment
WEAK
entertainment fun pastime
NOUN
traffic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce communication industry trade truck
STRONG
barter closeness communion connection custom dealings doings exchange familiarity interchange intercourse intimacy patronage peddling relations relationship soliciting transactions
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unemployment
STRONG
antagonism disagreement
NOUN
treatment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approach conduct employment management method practice procedure strategy
STRONG
angle custom execution habit line manipulation manner mode proceeding processing reception usage way
WEAK
action towards behavior towards modus operandi
Antonyms
WEAK
harm hurt injury

Example Sentences

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“Dealing with inflation is a lot more problematic than dealing with a bear market.”

From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026

Whether you’re dealing with whole, chopped, or minced garlic, there’s an art to how you can store them — and what you can use to store them in.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

"He hasn't immediately gone back to who he was before and he's still dealing with that on a day to day."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Crucial to the 85-year-old developer’s strategy was to attract individuals used to dealing with anxious corporate executives and their children’s Ivy League ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Mrs. Dannenberg’s face softens, losing the grim determination of a business dealing that she had when she believed we were from the cemetery.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse