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Work

/wɜːk/

(heading) Employment.

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📖 Definitions of "Work"

noun

1
(heading) Employment.
2
(heading) Effort.
3
Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
"We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."
4
(heading) Product; the result of effort.

🔄 Synonyms of "Work"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cultivateverb	To grow plants, notably crops.
addressnoun	Direction.
processnoun	A series of events leading to a result or product.
functionnoun	What something does or is used for.
runverb	To move swiftly.
coververb	A lid.
playverb	(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
handleverb	The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
actnoun	(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
studynoun	(usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
operateverb	(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
oeuvrenoun	(uncountable, collective) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.
dealnoun	(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
jobnoun	A task.
treatverb	(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
lickverb	(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
exercisenoun	(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
employmentnoun	The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
bringverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
plownoun	(American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough. [(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.]
wreakverb	(transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
airtnoun	(Scotland, Northern England) direction; quarter
kneadverb	(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

↔️ Antonyms of "Work"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
malfunctionnoun	Failure to function.
stagnateverb	To cease motion, activity, or progress:
misfunctionnoun	To function incorrectly; to malfunction.
idleverb	Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
lazeverb	To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Work"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
jobnoun	A task.
employmentnoun	The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
workplacenoun	The place where someone works.
airtnoun	(Scotland, Northern England) direction; quarter
addressnoun	Direction.
work onverb	(transitive) To apply mental or physical effort to (something) in order to shape, form, improve, investigate, solve it, etc.
operateverb	(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
functionnoun	What something does or is used for.
dealnoun	(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
treatverb	(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
put to workverb	(idiomatic) to put to use
bringverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
processnoun	A series of events leading to a result or product.
studynoun	(usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
solveverb	To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
figure outverb	(informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
make forverb	(idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.
puzzle outverb	(transitive) To figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
body of worknoun	All the creative or academic works produced by someone.