Synonyms for fishing
ˈfɪʃ ɪŋfish·ing

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1. fishingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fishery, sportfishing

2. fishingnoun

   Of, or pertaining to fishing.

   a good day's fishing

   Synonyms:
   sportfishing, fishery

3. fishingnoun

   The business of catching fish in large quantities for sale.

   the fishing industry

   Synonyms:
   fishery, sportfishing

4. fishingnoun

   A place for catching fish.

   Synonyms:
   sportfishing, fishery

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.6 / 9 votes

1. fishing, sportfishingnoun

   the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

   Synonyms:
   sportfishing

2. fishingnoun

   the occupation of catching fish for a living

   Synonyms:
   sportfishing

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1. • Commercial Enterprise

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1. fishingnoun

   Synonyms:
   angling, trawling, trolling, whiffing, spillet fishing, bultow fishing

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1. List of paraphrases for "fishing":

   fisheries, fishery, fish, pesca, fishing, angling, fiske, catch, diaoyu, harvesting, fished, pêche, pesquera, hunting, visserij, fishermen, peach, angler, harvest, fishers

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1. Carl Thayer:

   Even before you factor in military questions, the expansion of Chinese fishing and coastguard fleets is going to be a strategic shift that is going to be very hard for anyone to counter, and then you will have the navy just over the horizon.

2. Animesh Roul:

   They are still focusing too much on the existing militant networks and have failed to realize that the IS or AQIS (Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent) monsters are fishing in the troubled waters and succeeding to a large extent by enticing the youths or grassroots extremists.

3. Marjan Ghadrdan:

   It's very important that we pick up our fishing line or use biodegradable( line).

4. Carl Schuster:

   The People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia don't fish, they have automatic weapons aboard and reinforced hulls, making them very dangerous at close range. Also, they have a top speed of around 18-22 knots, making them faster than 90 % of the world's fishing boats.

5. Michael Ask:

   We know that some of the fundamentalist groups are fishing in that pond, because they know that they have some young people who are vulnerable and rootless, who lack a sense of belonging, a community.