CARRYING ON Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

carrying on

verb

Definition of carrying on

present participle of carry on

as in acting out

to behave badly a toddler crying and carrying on in the store

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as in persisting

to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband

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as in operating

to look after and make decisions about carries on a business and still manages to run the household

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Recent Examples of carrying on Princess Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, are carrying on her family legacy and inherited a great deal upon her tragic death in 1997. — Christopher Luu, InStyle, 5 July 2026 Back in England, the country which supposedly gave football to the world, everyone is clearly keeping calm and carrying on during this World Cup run. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Haaland’s winning goal came after another bout of yanking and pulling; the striker tried to free himself by slapping the defender’s arm away, eventually just carrying on regardless. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026 The brief clip showed off a new cast of characters, beginning with fuzzy television static before exploding into a montage propelled by intense music and kinetic bursts of action, carrying on the spirit of the first season through energetic animation and heavily stylised art. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 23 June 2026 One was Buck Strickland, Hank Hill’s philandering boss, who has many of LBJ’s characteristics including carrying on conversations while on the toilet. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026 Now, Françoise is carrying on his legacy. — Michael Soncin, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026 Its all-metal build is significant in competing with the Neo and carrying on the XPS build quality in a less expensive machine. — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026 And the women were just carrying on and becoming more proactive. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying on

Verb

Kids ages 9 and up will spend hours acting out scenes as Cinderella and Gus with this Lego set.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
When a teacher, coach, counselor, pediatrician, or school psychologist sees a boy who is withdrawing, escalating, or acting out, that should prompt care.

— Wes Moore, STAT, 1 July 2026

Definition of acting out

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Rain chances are 30% to 40% for Friday, with those chances persisting through the night and declining through the day on Saturday.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
All these young men deserve endless gratitude for choosing and persisting in this rough, perilous, and holy life.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of persisting

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Santana-Mateo was booked on charges of breach of peace, engaging police in a pursuit, disobeying the direction of officer, reckless driving, failure to obey a stop sign, failure to drive right, failure to obey a traffic control signal and driving the wrong way on a one way.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Icarus disobeying his father Daedalus and flying too close to the sun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

Definition of disobeying

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Diabetes medications, arthritis treatments, allergy shots, and auto-injectors all make care more accessible when managing chronic conditions.

— Irina Butler, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
Despite the challenges posed to ranchers, wolves play an important role in managing the balance of an ecosystem.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of managing

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That includes arranging seat belts into place and manipulating small fastenings; working with delicate parts like hoses, wires, carpets and trim panels and supervising technology on the floor.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Nadella is also supervising major changes in units such as Xbox and has become more hands-on with product development.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026

Definition of supervising

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