Definition of GOINGS

goings

Noun

  • the act of departing
  • euphemistic expressions for death
  • advancing toward a goal
  • plural of going

Verb

  • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • follow a procedure or take a course
  • move away from a place into another direction
  • enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • be awarded; be allotted
  • have a particular form
  • stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • follow a certain course
  • be abolished or discarded
  • be or continue to be in a certain condition
  • make a certain noise or sound
  • perform as expected when applied
  • to be spent or finished
  • progress by being changed
  • continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • be in the right place or situation
  • be ranked or compare
  • begin or set in motion
  • have a turn; make one's move in a game
  • be contained in
  • be sounded, played, or expressed
  • blend or harmonize
  • lead, extend, or afford access
  • be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
  • go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
  • be spent
  • give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
  • stop operating or functioning

Synonyms

become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, croak, decease, depart, departure, die, drop dead, endure, exit, expiration, expire, extend, fail, fit, function, get, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go, go away, go bad, going, going away, hold out, hold up, kick the bucket, last, lead, leaving, live, live on, locomote, loss, move, operate, pass, pass away, passing, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, release, rifle, run, run low, run short, sledding, snuff it, sound, start, survive, travel, work

Antonyms

be born, come, malfunction, stay in place, stop

Scrabble Score: 8

goings: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
goings: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goings: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

goings: valid Words With Friends Word