Antonyms 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

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1. • Commercial Enterprise

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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. fishingnoun

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

How to use fishing in a sentence?

1. Stephen Tyson Jr:

   When I released it, it really sank in, ‘You let that one go,’ the one thing I regret is not getting it weighed. But at that moment, it was literally the first 5-10 minutes of the tournament. I’m not going to stop fishing for bass. Starting out that fast, I knew I had a chance of at least 20 pounds. But then catching a striper that size, oh my god. It’s a fish of a lifetime.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish fill the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

3. Lisa Natanson:

   I think that's what turned it around - effective management. Just the decrease in fishing pressure on these species has helped quite a bit.

4. Sompong Srakaew:

   The government mustn't take a short-term view just to meet the EU's targets, some progress has been made but the law will need to be enforced both in terms of monitoring vessels and also workers in the fishing sector.

5. Masato Hasegawa:

   Right now, the lifestyle we have is really good, better than it could have been with fishing, the job is established and steady, so I think my sons will want to inherit. They'll make a good living.

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