Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun importing

1 sense of importing

Sense 1
importing, importation -- (the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country)
       => commerce, commercialism, mercantilism -- (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Antonyms of verb import

2 of 3 senses of import

Sense 1
import -- (bring in from abroad)
       Antonym of export (Sense 1)
      => export -- (sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance")

Sense 2
import -- (transfer (electronic data) into a database or document)
       Antonym of export (Sense 2)
      => export -- (transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb import

3 senses of import

Sense 1
import -- (bring in from abroad)
       => trade, merchandise -- (engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets")

Sense 2
import -- (transfer (electronic data) into a database or document)
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")

Sense 3
spell, import -- (indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!")
       => mean, intend -- (mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?")