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Gym

/dʒɪm/

A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.

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📖 Definitions of "Gym"

noun

1
A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
2
Physical education class

verb

1
To go to the gym.
"On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym."

noun

1
A large room or building for indoor sports.
2
A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
3
A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

noun

1
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
"Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum."
2
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
"His mental gymnastics are legendary."

🔄 Synonyms of "Gym"

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Word	Definition
gymnasiumnoun	(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gym"

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Word	Definition
gymnasiumnoun	(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
gymnasticnoun	(obsolete) A gymnast.
exercisenoun	(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
workoutnoun	An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
gymnasticsnoun	A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
athletenoun	(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
athleticnoun	A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.
sportsnoun	Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
sportnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
sportingnoun	The act of taking part in a sport.
stadiumnoun	A venue where sporting events are held.
hallnoun	A large meeting room.
chambernoun	A room or set of rooms, particularly:
roomnoun	(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
clubhousenoun	Any building used by a club for meetings or social activities.
coliseumnoun	A large, often circular building, for indoor sporting events, exhibitions, concerts, etc.; arena.
recnoun	(uncountable, informal) Clipping of recreation. [Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.]
bodybuildingnoun	A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
clubsnoun	(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
sportivenoun	(cycling) Synonym of cyclosportive.