Top 51 Words That Rhyme with Pursuing (With Meanings)

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Welcome to this guide on the best words that rhyme with pursuing!

Here you’ll find the top 51 words and phrases for rhyming the word ‘pursuing’

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Words That Rhyme With Pursuing

  • Accruing – The process of accumulating or gaining something over time, such as interest on a bank account.
  • Appliqueing – A type of decorative sewing technique that involves attaching one piece of fabric onto another to create a design or pattern.
  • Ballyhooing – The act of promoting or advertising something in an exaggerated or flamboyant manner, often to attract attention.
  • Blueing/Bluing – A process used to darken or tint metals or fabrics to give them a bluish color.
  • Boohooing/Booing – Boohooing refers to crying or sobbing, while booing is the act of expressing disapproval or dissatisfaction, often by making loud, negative sounds.
  • Brewing – The process of making beer, tea, coffee, or other beverages by steeping ingredients in hot water or boiling them.
  • Canoeing – The act of paddling or navigating a canoe through water, often for recreational purposes.
  • Chewing – The act of grinding and crushing food with the teeth in order to break it down and make it easier to swallow and digest.
  • Clewing/Clueing/Cluing – These words can all refer to the act of giving someone a hint or piece of information to help them solve a problem or complete a task.
  • Construing – The act of interpreting or analyzing something, such as a text or situation, in order to understand its meaning.
  • Cooing – The soft, murmuring sounds made by doves, pigeons, and other birds, often used to express affection or comfort.
  • Corkscrewing – The act of twisting or spiraling in a corkscrew-like motion, often used to describe the flight path of an aircraft or the movement of a screw.
  • Crewing – The act of working together as a team, often in a professional or competitive setting.
  • Cueing/Cuing – The act of giving a signal or prompting someone to take a particular action, often used in theater or film production.
  • Debuting – The act of making a first public appearance or performance, often in the context of a new artist or product.
  • Doing – A general term that can refer to any type of action, task, or activity.
  • Eschewing – The act of avoiding or abstaining from something, often due to moral or ethical reasons.
  • Evildoing – The act of committing a harmful or immoral act, often used in reference to criminal or unethical behavior.
  • Glueing/Gluing – The act of attaching or bonding two or more objects together using glue or another adhesive substance.
  • Hallooing – Hallooing is a term used to describe shouting or calling out to get someone’s attention.
  • Hewing – Hewing means to chop or cut something with a sharp tool, such as an axe or a chisel.
  • Interviewing – Interviewing is the process of asking someone questions in order to obtain information or assess their suitability for a job or position.
  • Mewing – Mewing is the sound that a cat makes, and can also refer to the act of a cat meowing.
  • Misconstruing – Misconstruing is when someone interprets or understands something in a way that is incorrect or misguided.
  • Misdoing – Misdoing is a term used to describe a wrongful or inappropriate act or behavior.
  • Mooing – Mooing is the sound that a cow makes, and can also refer to the act of a cow mooing.
  • Outdoing – Outdoing means to surpass or exceed someone or something in a particular area, such as performance or achievement.
  • Overdoing – Overdoing is when someone does something to an excessive or extreme degree, often to the point of it being harmful or counterproductive.
  • Pooing – Pooing is a colloquial term used to describe defecating or going to the bathroom.
  • Queueing/Queuing – Queueing, or queuing, refers to the act of waiting in line for something, such as at a store or amusement park.
  • Redoing – Redoing means to do something again or to revise or improve upon something that has already been done.
  • Renewing – Renewing means to make something new again or to restore something to its original state.
  • Reviewing – Reviewing is the act of examining or assessing something, such as a book, movie, or product.
  • Ruing – Ruing means to regret or feel remorseful about something that has been done or that has happened.
  • Screwing – Screwing can have several meanings, including fastening something together with a screw or engaging in sexual intercourse (often used colloquially and informally).
  • Shampooing – Shampooing is the act of washing one’s hair with shampoo in order to clean and condition it.
  • Shewing – Shewing is an old-fashioned word that means to show or reveal something.
  • Shooing – Shooing means to chase something away or to make it leave by making noise or waving one’s arms.
  • Skewing – Skewing means to twist or turn something in a way that is not straight or aligned, or to bias or distort something in a particular direction.
  • Sluing – Sluing means to turn or pivot something in a particular direction, or to slide or slip on a slippery surface.
  • Spewing – Spewing means to eject or discharge something in a violent or forceful manner, such as lava from a volcano or vomit from a person.
  • Stewing – Stewing means to cook something slowly in a covered pot with liquid, often resulting in a thick and flavorful sauce or stew.
  • Subduing – The act of bringing something under control or making it less intense or extreme, often through force or persuasion.
  • Suing – The process of taking legal action against someone or a company, typically to seek compensation for damages or wrongdoing.
  • Tabooing – The act of prohibiting or forbidding something due to social or cultural norms or beliefs.
  • Tattooing – The process of permanently marking the skin with ink or other pigments to create a design or symbol.
  • Trueing – The act of verifying or confirming the accuracy or truthfulness of something.
  • Truing – The process of bringing something into proper alignment or balance, often used in reference to mechanical or technical systems.
  • Undoing – The act of reversing or undoing something that has been done, often with the intention of correcting a mistake or addressing a problem.
  • Unscrewing – The act of removing a screw from an object, often to disassemble or repair it.
  • Viewing – The act of looking at or observing something, often with the intention of gaining knowledge or understanding.


Written by Gabriel Cruz - Foodie, Animal Lover, Slang & Language Enthusiast