work - Similar and Opposite Words
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Here are the synonyms for work , a list of similar words for work from our thesaurus that you can useNoun
activity directed toward making or doing something
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- action
- aid
- attention
- busywork
- care
- coursework
- duty
- heavy lifting
- housekeeping
- housewifery
- housework
- investigating
- investigation
- ironing
- job
- labor
- labour
- lavation
- logging
- loose end
- make-work
- mission
- missionary work
- nightwork
- operation
- paperwork
- polishing
- procedure
- project
- service
- shining
- social service
- spadework
- subbing
- substituting
- task
- tending
- timework
- toil
- undertaking
- unfinished business
- wash
- washing
- welfare work
Noun
the occupation for which you are paid
Noun
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
Noun
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
Noun
a place where work is done
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More generic
More specific
- bakehouse
- bakery
- bakeshop
- beehive
- brokerage
- brokerage house
- central
- colliery
- creamery
- drill site
- exchange
- farm
- fish farm
- fishery
- forge
- gasworks
- glassworks
- ironworks
- job
- lab
- laboratory
- laundry
- location
- lumberyard
- oyster bank
- oyster bed
- oyster park
- piscary
- pit
- proving ground
- research lab
- research laboratory
- rope yard
- ropewalk
- roundhouse
- science lab
- science laboratory
- shipyard
- shop
- shop floor
- smithy
- studio
- tannery
- telephone exchange
- test bed
- waterworks
- workshop
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Noun
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Noun
(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
Verb
give a workout to
Verb
cause to undergo fermentation
Verb
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
Synonyms
More generic
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Verb
use or manipulate to one's advantage
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make uniform
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perform as expected when applied
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cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
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make something, usually for a specific function
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shape, form, or improve a material
Verb
prepare for crops
Verb
gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
Verb
proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
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cause to work
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be employed
Verb
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
Synonyms
More specific
- assist
- beaver
- beaver away
- boondoggle
- busy
- carpenter
- clerk
- collaborate
- cooperate
- electioneer
- get together
- go through
- intern
- join forces
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- mess around
- minister
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck about
- muck around
- occupy
- page
- peg away
- plug away
- potter
- pull one's weight
- putter
- run through
- scant
- serve
- skimp
- skipper
- slog
- specialise
- specialize
- tinker
- volunteer
- wait
- waitress
- whore
- work
- work at
- work on
- work through
Opposite / Antonyms
Verb
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Synonyms
Verb
have and exert influence or effect
Noun
activity directed toward making or doing something
Synonyms
More generic
More specific
- action
- aid
- attention
- busywork
- care
- coursework
- duty
- heavy lifting
- housekeeping
- housewifery
- housework
- investigating
- investigation
- ironing
- job
- labor
- labour
- lavation
- logging
- loose end
- make-work
- mission
- missionary work
- nightwork
- operation
- paperwork
- polishing
- procedure
- project
- service
- shining
- social service
- spadework
- subbing
- substituting
- task
- tending
- timework
- toil
- undertaking
- unfinished business
- wash
- washing
- welfare work
Noun
the occupation for which you are paid
Noun
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
Noun
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
Noun
a place where work is done
Synonyms
More generic
More specific
- bakehouse
- bakery
- bakeshop
- beehive
- brokerage
- brokerage house
- central
- colliery
- creamery
- drill site
- exchange
- farm
- fish farm
- fishery
- forge
- gasworks
- glassworks
- ironworks
- job
- lab
- laboratory
- laundry
- location
- lumberyard
- oyster bank
- oyster bed
- oyster park
- piscary
- pit
- proving ground
- research lab
- research laboratory
- rope yard
- ropewalk
- roundhouse
- science lab
- science laboratory
- shipyard
- shop
- shop floor
- smithy
- studio
- tannery
- telephone exchange
- test bed
- waterworks
- workshop
Related
Noun
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Noun
(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
Verb
give a workout to
Verb
cause to undergo fermentation
Verb
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
Synonyms
More generic
Related
Verb
use or manipulate to one's advantage
Verb
make uniform
Verb
perform as expected when applied
Verb
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
Verb
make something, usually for a specific function
Verb
shape, form, or improve a material
Verb
prepare for crops
Verb
gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
Verb
proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
Verb
cause to work
Verb
be employed
Verb
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
Synonyms
More specific
- assist
- beaver
- beaver away
- boondoggle
- busy
- carpenter
- clerk
- collaborate
- cooperate
- electioneer
- get together
- go through
- intern
- join forces
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- mess around
- minister
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck about
- muck around
- occupy
- page
- peg away
- plug away
- potter
- pull one's weight
- putter
- run through
- scant
- serve
- skimp
- skipper
- slog
- specialise
- specialize
- tinker
- volunteer
- wait
- waitress
- whore
- work
- work at
- work on
- work through
Opposite / Antonyms
Verb
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Synonyms
Verb
have and exert influence or effect
