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. Henry David Thoreau, Walden:

   Time is but a 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.

2. Yuri Trutnev:

   We want to develop the Kuriles at a brisk pace, the conditions are ideal there for fishing and fish farming. So we are inviting Japanese companies, and are ready to give them priority in joint ventures ...

3. Doug Collins:

   Your 81 letters appear to be little more than a deep-sea fishing expedition with the purpose of exposing private matters and airing alleged dirty laundry rather than legislating.

4. Craig McClain:

   It's human nature to tell a 'fishing story,'.

5. Tyler Bourgoine:

   That's one of the reasons why there's so much debris, people are constantly fishing there.