Working Synonyms and Antonyms
wûr'kĭng
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Synonyms for Working
Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
Having a job
Functioning
Having a job
in process
Functioning
Functioning
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(Slang) Having sex
in good condition
Functioning
in gear
Functioning
in exercise
Functioning
To task is to drain someone's resources or to assign someone to do a particular job.
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In effect; applicable
in collar
Functioning
Manifested in or involving practice:
never idle
Functioning
Functioning
with a job
Employed
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having a job
Employed
(UK) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
An unethical or illegal business:
The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
Showing action rather than state of being
In existence or operation; active:
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That operates
Being in effect; having force; operating:
The definition of running is moving, flowing or operating.
Having a job
Often used in plural: behavior
The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions.
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An action that results directly from or counteracts another action, especially the change in a body's motion as a result of a force applied to it. Some reactions counteract forces and are not readily apparent. When an object rests on a surface, such as a table, for example, the downward force it applies to the surface is counteracted by an equal but upwards force, or reaction, applied by the surface.
(Obsolete) Skillful; clever.
travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945
Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use:
To change the behavior or thinking of (someone); sway:
To serve or function as a substitute for another:
To compose:
To harvest:
To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
To serve a process on
To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
To constitute or compose, especially out of separate elements:
To embody in a definite form:
To give vent or free play to (one's anger, malice, rage, etc.)
(Music) To perform on an instrument:
To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands:
To employ to the greatest possible advantage:
To deal with effectively; overcome:
To produce by or as if by fermentation.
To divert or deflect:
Sour is to cause dissatisfaction, or is to go bad or rotten.
To engage in exercise.
To act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.)
To trouble is to cause pain, distress or worry.
To carry on a trade or business
To be in charge of or at work at; manage or operate
To work hard enough to cause sweating
To move or progress with difficulty:
The definition of strive is to try very hard or struggle.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
A body tissue composed of sheets or bundles of cells that contract to produce movement or increase tension. Muscle cells contain filaments made of the proteins actin and myosin, which lie parallel to each other. When a muscle is signaled to contract, the actin and myosin filaments slide past each other in an overlapping pattern. &diamf3; Skeletal muscle effects voluntary movement and is made up of bundles of elongated cells (muscle fibers), each of which contains many nuclei. &diamf3; Smooth muscle provides the contractile force for the internal organs and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Smooth muscle cells are spindle-shaped and each contains a single nucleus. &diamf3; Cardiac muscle makes up the muscle of the heart and consists of a meshwork of striated cells.
To grind, work, process, form, polish, etc. by, in, or as in a mill
To work, operate, or treat with or as with the hand or hands; handle or use, esp. with skill
To mark, incise, or cover with a line or lines.
To perform the act of grinding something
To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort:
To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work:
Attempt is defined as to make an effort to do something.
To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
To control the movement or behavior of; handle
To hold in restraint; check:
To act toward (another) in a specified way:
To force to work too hard or too long.
To labor; toil; struggle
(Intransitive) to apply a force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force
on the staff
Employed
In use at the moment, as a telephone line
Antonyms for Working
To relax is defined as to become calm, to loosen, or to calm down.
(Intransitive) To cause destruction.
To pass time at leisure; idle.
(Obs.) To cause to remain; keep
To spend (time) loafing:
Shirk is defined as to avoid or get out of doing something that should be done.
To dabble is defined as to splash or dip in water, or to show a superficial interest in some hobby but never get seriously involved.
Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
Not working or functioning.
(Electronics) Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy:
unworking
active, occupied
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To gain by struggle
To gain with effort or despite difficulty; reach:
Designating or of a type of film characterized by a fast-paced plot, a series of suspenseful confrontations, violent fight and chase scenes, etc.
In action or full operation
Designating or of heavy-duty clothing designed for wear while engaged in manual or outdoor labor
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task:
staff-work
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