Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.
Source: tatoeba (1992)
Selling
//ˈsɛlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "selling" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
form of
1 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- πωλήσεις noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- πώλησις noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- τέχναι πωλήσεως noun (skill at salesmanship)
- τέχνη πωλήσεως noun (skill at salesmanship)
Arabic
4 entries- بيع noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- بيعات noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- بَيْع noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- بُيُوع noun (action of the verb "to sell")
Finnish
4 entries- myyminen noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- myymiset noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- myyntitaidot noun (skill at salesmanship)
- myyntitaito noun (skill at salesmanship)
German
4 entries- Verkaufen noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- Verkaufsgeschick noun (skill at salesmanship)
- Verkaufsgeschicke noun (skill at salesmanship)
- Verkaufstalent noun (skill at salesmanship)
Greek
4 entries- ικανότητα πώλησης noun (skill at salesmanship)
- ικανότητες πώλησης noun (skill at salesmanship)
- πωλήσεις noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- πώληση noun (action of the verb "to sell")
Hindi
2 entries- बिक्री noun (action of the verb "to sell")
- विक्रय noun (action of the verb "to sell")
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ûm noun (action of the verb "to sell")
Swahili
1 entries- uuzaji noun (action of the verb "to sell")
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
She's selling drugs at concerts.
Source: tatoeba (6044)
You are selling him short.
Source: tatoeba (15799)
We decided to branch out into selling some foodstuffs.
Source: tatoeba (18871)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.