scaling

The word “scaling” has 2 syllables: scal-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for scaling?

In the thesaurus, “scaling” has 72 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for scaling

  • adding up
  • aligning
  • alpinism
  • appraising
  • ascendance
  • ascending
  • ascension
  • ascent
  • ascertaining
  • assessing
  • averaging
  • blastoff
  • bouldering
  • calculating
  • calibrating
  • calipering
  • checking
  • ciphering
  • clambering
  • climb
  • climbing
  • computing
  • conjecturing
  • determining
  • discovering
  • escalating
  • estimating
  • evaluating
  • figuring
  • figuring out
  • finding out
  • flying
  • gaging
  • gauging
  • grading
  • guessing
  • guesstimating
  • ice climbing
  • judging
  • launch
  • laying off
  • leveling
  • lift
  • mapping
  • measuring
  • mountain climbing
  • mountaineering
  • mounting
  • quantifying
  • quantitating
  • reckoning
  • rhyming
  • rise
  • rising
  • rock climbing
  • scrambles
  • soaring
  • spanning
  • spring
  • summing
  • supposing
  • surveying
  • takeoff
  • tallying
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • towering
  • valuating
  • valuing
  • walkups
  • weighing
  • working out

Antonyms for scaling

Meanings of scaling

  • verb
    1. To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
    2. To climb to the top of.
    3. To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
    4. To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
    5. To remove the scales of.
    6. To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
    7. To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
    8. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
    9. To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
    10. To scatter; to spread.
    11. To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
  • noun
    1. The removing of the scales of fish.
    2. The formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
    3. The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
    4. The measurement of dimensions using a scale.
    5. The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
    6. The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities.
    7. The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns.

Example Sentences

  • He is scaling the mountain to reach the summit before sunset.
  • The company is scaling its operations to meet increasing demand.
  • They are scaling the project to fit within the budget constraints.
  • Scaling a wall without proper equipment can be very dangerous.
  • The artist is scaling down the size of the mural for a more manageable project.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scaling, such as: adding up, aligning, alpinism, appraising, ascendance, ascending, ascension.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • adding
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  • advertent
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  • assessing
  • attempting
  • attentive
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  • cagey
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  • calibrating
  • calling
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  • ciphering
  • circuitous
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  • committing
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  • conservative
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  • figuring
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  • foresighted
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  • framing
  • gaging
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  • getting up
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  • indirect
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  • machinating
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  • misleading
  • multiplying
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  • observant
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  • performing
  • placing
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  • politic
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  • projecting
  • prolix
  • proposing
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  • purporting
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  • putting
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  • rambling
  • rating
  • reasoning
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  • reckoning
  • recomputing
  • refiguring
  • regardful
  • relying
  • roundabout
  • safe
  • scaling
  • scheming
  • serpentine
  • shaping
  • sharp
  • shrewd
  • sinuous
  • sketching
  • slow
  • sly
  • sneaky
  • standing on
  • striving
  • struggling
  • subtle
  • subtracting
  • summing
  • supposing
  • tallying
  • thoughtful
  • tortuous
  • totaling
  • totalizing
  • totalling
  • tricky
  • trusting
  • trying
  • twisting
  • ultracareful
  • ultracautious
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • understanding
  • valuing
  • verbose
  • vigilant
  • wandering
  • wary
  • watchful
  • wily
  • winding
  • wishing
  • working out

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