Home › Words › Q › quarantiningquarantiningquarantining means the action of establishing or entering a quarantine.EtymologyBy surface analysis, quarantine + -ing.nounThe action of establishing or entering a quarantine.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.quarantined 77% match — In quarantine; isolated. vs quarantining →quarantinee 75% match — One who is quarantined. vs quarantining →quarantinable 74% match — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine. vs quarantining →quarantinism 72% match — Support for quarantine as a means of preventing the spread of disease. vs quarantining →quarantinist 70% match — One who supports quarantine as a means of preventing the spread of disease. vs quarantining →prequarantine 68% match — Before a quarantine. vs quarantining →requarantine 67% match — To quarantine again. vs quarantining →quaking 55% match — The action of the verb quake. vs quarantining →