Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "shaping" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

; boring broaching drilling grinding milling planing slotting turning

Derived Terms

autoshaping headshaping shapingly traffic shaping waveshaping wordshaping

Inflected/Variant Forms

shape

Context

psychology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

fabrication machining manufacture manufacturing physical process process

Type Of (IsA)

material handling performing process

Related Terms

behaviour method operant conditioning pattern positive reinforcement shape

Similar Terms

constructive

Synonym Network

formation formative

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.