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See definition of practicing on Dictionary.com
  • as inengaged
  • as inoperating
  • as inusing

synonyms for practicing

  • absorbed
  • committed
  • employed
  • engrossed
  • interested
  • involved
  • occupied
  • preoccupied
  • working
  • doing
  • immersed
  • performing
  • pursuing
  • signed
  • at work
  • connected with
  • dealing in
  • deep
  • in place
  • in use
  • intent
  • rapt
  • tied-up
  • unavailable
  • wrapped-up

antonyms for practicing

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  • bored
  • disinterested
  • idle
  • inactive
  • uninterested
  • unoccupied
  • available
  • disengaged
  • inoperable
  • not working
  • uninvolved
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      How to use practicing in a sentence

      You could also find moments when you do want music—say, while you’re making art or cooking, and it’d be fun to sing along—and invite him to do his practicing and serenade you then.
      THE ETHICS OF LEAVING PUBLIC ART IN OUTDOOR SPACESAWISEJANUARY 2, 2022OUTSIDE ONLINE
      On the other hand, lower-wattage amplifiers like these aren’t capable of producing the higher volumes required to be heard over a full band, so they’re better suited to mobile practicing or solo performances.
      THE BEST PRACTICE AMPS TO HONE YOUR SKILLSJAY CABRERASEPTEMBER 16, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
      For about the past four years, I've been friends with a co-worker who always claimed she'd been a practicing, licensed RN before she decided to fly.
      MISS MANNERS: FRIEND MIGHT BE LYING, BUT YOU WERE DEFINITELY RUDEJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
      Of course I am practicing very hard, and I am taking private lessons of Kullak again.
      MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
      She withdrew entirely from society and devoted herself to practicing, following his directions implicitly.
      MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
      My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.
      MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
      I've been practicing right smart, ever since she told me that, an' I can write my name real plain.
      DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
      He was a practicing physician in New Hampshire, when the war of the revolution broke out.
      THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
      Today shepherds tending their flocks upon these same hills of Syria may be seen practicing with slings like those of David.
      THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUS
      He and I had been practicing jiu jitsu for ten minutes, and both of us were working up a good perspiration.
      HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
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      WORDS RELATED TO PRACTICING

      • absorbed
      • at work
      • committed
      • connected with
      • dealing in
      • deep
      • doing
      • employed
      • engrossed
      • immersed
      • in place
      • in use
      • intent
      • interested
      • involved
      • occupied
      • performing
      • practicing
      • preoccupied
      • pursuing
      • rapt
      • signed
      • tied-up
      • unavailable
      • working
      • wrapped-up
      Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.