reading

The word “reading” has 2 syllables: read-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈriːdɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for reading?

In the thesaurus, “reading” has 86 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for reading along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for reading

account
adaptation
alerting
announcing
anticipating
apprehending
assignment
auguring
boding
book learning
browsing
calling
cautioning
commentary
comprehending
conception
construction
deciphering
declaring
devouring
divining
drill
edification
education
erudition
examination
exercise
forboding
foreboding
forecasting
foreknowing
foreseeing
foretelling
forewarning
getting
grasp
grasping
heralding
homework
impression
inspection
interpretation
knowledge
learning
lecture
lesson
making
making out
paraphrase
perceiving
performance
perusal
perusing
portending
practice
practise
predicting
presaging
proclaiming
prognosticating
promising
proofreading
prophesying
rendering
rendition
rereading
review
reviewing
reworking
scanning
scholarship
schoolwork
scrutiny
seeing
skimming
speed-reading
study
studying
translation
treatment
turning over
understanding
variation
vaticinating
version
warning

Antonyms for reading

describing
destruction
ignorance
misunderstanding
narrating
reciting
recounting
relating
reporting
telling
writing

Meanings of reading

verb
1. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
2. To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
3. To read work(s) written by (a named author).
4. To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.
5. To consist of certain text.
6. Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
7. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
8. (usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
9. To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
10. To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
11. (except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
12. To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
13. To think, believe; to consider (that).
14. To advise; to counsel. See rede.
15. To tell; to declare; to recite.
16. To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
17. To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
noun
1. The process of interpreting written language.
2. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
3. A value indicated by a measuring device.
4. An event at which written material is read aloud.
5. An interpretation.
6. Something to read; reading material.
7. The extent of what one has read.
8. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
9. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible.

Example Sentences

She enjoys reading historical novels in her free time.
The class was assigned a new reading for homework.
His hobby is reading science fiction books.
After reading the report, she had several questions.
The teacher praised his fluent reading skills.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to reading, such as: account, adaptation, alerting, announcing, anticipating, apprehending, assignment.

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