Synonyms for fishing
ˈfɪʃ ɪŋfish·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Esha Bhandari:

   By putting an end to the governments ability to conduct suspicionless fishing expeditions, the court reaffirms that the border is not a lawless place and that we dont lose our privacy rights when we travel.

2. Cassady Douglas:

   [Fishing is] mostly just for the experience and the connection with nature, and connecting with the fish is so cool.

3. Thelma Holloway:

   She enjoys fishing. She goes fishing every year, but it's not quite time, maybe sometime in June she'll get around to going.

4. Sanya Prakobphol:

   The fishing business isn't so good so the fishermen make their boats people-carrying boats, Some converted Ranong boats can carry up to 1,000 people.

5. Eliudi Samizi from Kisimani village:

   I have been farming in this area all my life, if someone asks me to stop fishing or farming, what else can I do to feed my family?