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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
STRONGEST
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
STRONGEST
hold keeping retention
STRONG
juncture unity
WEAK
collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store
NOUN
exchange
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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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But Tehran consistently found a way to sell oil and access the proceeds, eventually dealing almost entirely with China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said dealing with the economic consequences of the Iran war would "not be easy".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

But consumers have remained cautious, and retailers over this decade have already been dealing with tariffs and spikes in energy and shipping costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Make sure anyone that came into her yard knew they were dealing with a beast who could only be held by a big bull chain wrapped around a fat-trunked tree.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds