Junketing

Synonyms for "junketing" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: excursion, extravagant, graft, journey, junket.
  • Sentence evidence is available for junketing, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "junketing".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "junketing"

Keep "junketing" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "junketing" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "junketing", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "junketing" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries

More specific

14 entries
corporate junketingeducational junketfact finding junketfact finding tripgovernment junketingholiday excursionministerial junketofficial junketofficial tourparliamentary junketpleasure tripstudy tourtrade junketvacation

Collocations

17 entries
corporate junketingfact finding junketfact finding tripgovernment funded tripgovernment junketingjunket invitationjunketing expenditurejunketing officialjunketing triplavish junketingofficial junketofficial tripparliamentary junketresearch junketsponsored travelstudy tour

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

5 entries
junketedjunketingsjunketsmore junketingmost junketing

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Which things though not so substantially performed, are notwithstanding in some measure imitated by Witches and Magicians, I mean in their junketings; whose viands are observed to afford so little satisfaction to nature, that they leave oftentimes the partakers of them as weak and faint almost as if they had eaten nothing […]

Source: wiktionary

I have already been invited to Two Christenings, and several Junketings, which I hope will be no Reflection upon my Character, having heard, that you your self, Sir, will take a chirping Cup upon Occasion.

Source: wiktionary

[…] think o’ them poor women up i’ the villages there, as niver stir a hundred yards from home,—it ’ud be a pity for anybody to buy up their bargains. Lors, it’s as good as a junketing to ’em when they see me wi’ my pack, an’ I shall niver pick up such bargains for ’em again.

Source: wiktionary

1928, Virginia Woolf, letter to Vita Sackville-West dated 8 September, 1928, in Nigel Nicholson and Joanne Trautmann (eds.), The Letters of Virginia Woolf, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, p. 529, You see, dearest Creature, being now in the pink and prime of health, I could sit up all night: we might go to moonlight ruins, café’s, dances, plays, junketings: converse for ever; sleep only while the moon covers herself for an instant with a thin veil […]

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "junketing"?

Closest matches include excursion, extravagant, graft, journey, junket.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "junketing"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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