Synonyms and Antonyms of work

synonym (synonym of work)

  • (noun)
    achievement, doing, labor, product, action, drudgery, occupation, production, business, employment, performance, toil, deed, exertion
    Work is the generic term for any continuous application of energy toward an end; work may be hard or easy. Labor is hard and wearying work; toil is st more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    piece of work
    a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.act)
    employment
    the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    study
    applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    workplace
    a place where work is done (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    body of work, oeuvre
    the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    do work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    act
    have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    function, go, operate, run
    perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    process, work on
    shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.body)
    exercise, work out
    give a workout to (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    make
    proceed along a path (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bring, make for, play, wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.social)
    put to work
    cause to work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    crop, cultivate
    prepare for crops (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.social)
    act upon, influence
    have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    forge, form, mold, mould, shape
    make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.change)
    knead, uniformise, uniformize
    make uniform (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work out
    find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.change)
    ferment
    cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    ferment, sour, turn
    go sour or spoil (verb.change)
     

antonym (antonym of work)

also (also)

hypernym (work IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • (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 (noun.phenomenon)
    energy, free energy
    (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • a place where work is done (noun.artifact)
    geographic point, geographical point
    a point on the surface of the Earth (noun.location)
     
  • a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
    product, production
    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process (noun.artifact)
     
  • activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)
    activity
    any specific behavior (noun.act)
     
  • applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (noun.cognition)
    acquisition, learning
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge (noun.cognition)
     
  • arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion (verb.change)
    become, get, go
    enter or assume a certain state or condition (verb.change)
     
  • behave in a certain way when handled (verb.stative)
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)
     
  • cause to happen or to occur as a consequence (verb.creation)
    create, make
    make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation)
     
  • cause to operate or function (verb.social)
    care, deal, handle, manage
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of (verb.social)
     
  • cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
    convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something (verb.change)
     
  • find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
    understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of (verb.cognition)
     
  • give a workout to (verb.body)
    put to work, work
    cause to work (verb.social)
     
  • go sour or spoil (verb.change)
    change state, turn
    undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)
     
  • gratify and charm, usually in order to influence (verb.emotion)
    becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance
    attract; cause to be enamored (verb.emotion)
     
  • have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb.social)
    bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
    attain success or reach a desired goal (verb.social)
     
  • have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
    affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
    have an effect upon (verb.change)
     
  • make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
    create from raw material, create from raw stuff
    make from scratch (verb.creation)
     
  • make uniform (verb.contact)
    manipulate
    hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
     
  • move into or onto (verb.contact)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • operate in a certain place, area, or specialty (verb.social)
    work
    exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)
     
  • operate in or through (verb.social)
    operate, run
    direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)
     
  • prepare for crops (verb.creation)
    fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up
    make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (verb.change)
     
  • proceed along a path (verb.motion)
    go across, go through, pass
    go across or through (verb.motion)
     
  • proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity (verb.social)
    go, move, proceed
    follow a procedure or take a course (verb.social)
     
  • provoke or excite (verb.perception)
    excite, stimulate, stir
    stir feelings in (verb.perception)
     
  • shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
    transform, transmute, transubstantiate
    change or alter in form, appearance, or nature (verb.change)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) (noun.artifact)
    end product, output
    final product; the things produced (noun.artifact)
     
  • use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
    apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
    put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (verb.consumption)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF work relation)

  • a place where work is done (noun.artifact)
    bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop
    a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    beehive
    any workplace where people are very busy (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    brokerage, brokerage house
    place where a broker conducts his business (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    central, exchange, telephone exchange
    a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    colliery, pit
    a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    creamery
    a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    drill site
    workplace that is the site of a drill hole (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    exchange
    a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    farm
    workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    fishery, piscary
    a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    fish farm
    a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    forge, smithy
    a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    gasworks
    the workplace where coal gas is manufactured (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    glassworks
    a workplace where glass is made (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ironworks
    the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    laundry
    workplace where clothes are washed and ironed (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    location
    a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    lumberyard
    a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    oyster bank, oyster bed, oyster park
    a workplace where oysters are bred and grown (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    proving ground
    a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    rope yard, ropewalk
    workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    roundhouse
    workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shipyard
    a workplace where ships are built or repaired (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shop floor
    workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    studio
    workplace for the teaching or practice of an art (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    tannery
    workplace where skins and hides are tanned (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    test bed
    a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    waterworks
    workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shop, workshop
    small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done (noun.artifact)
     
  • a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
    follow-up, followup
    a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, handwork
    a work produced by hand labor (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ironwork
    work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    lacework
    work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    lacquerware
    a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    leatherwork
    work made of leather (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    chef-d'oeuvre, masterpiece
    the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    metalwork
    the metal parts of something (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    openwork
    ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    polychrome
    a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    silverwork
    decorative work made of silver (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    caning, wicker, wickerwork
    work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    woodwork
    work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    work in progress
    a piece of work that is not yet finished (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    workpiece
    work consisting of a piece of metal being machined (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    publication
    a copy of a printed work offered for distribution (noun.communication)
     
  • activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)
    lavation, wash, washing
    the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    action
    the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    job
    a damaging piece of work (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    operation, procedure
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    service
    work done by one person or group that benefits another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    polishing, shining
    the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    heavy lifting
    difficult work (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    housewifery
    the work of a housewife (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    housekeeping, housework
    the work of cleaning and running a house (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ironing
    the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    busywork, make-work
    active work of little value (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    logging
    the work of cutting down trees for timber (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    loose end, unfinished business
    work that is left incomplete (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    nightwork
    work to be done at night (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    paperwork
    work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    social service, welfare work
    an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    labor, labour, toil
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    subbing, substituting
    working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    investigating, investigation
    the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    aid, attention, care, tending
    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    duty
    work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    mission, missionary work
    the organized work of a religious missionary (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    spadework
    dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    timework
    work paid for at a rate per unit of time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    labor, project, task, undertaking
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    coursework
    work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course (noun.act)
     
  • be employed (verb.social)
    serve
    do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    bank
    be in the banking business (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.social)
    fill, occupy, take
    assume, as of positions or roles (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    drive
    work as a driver (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    tinker
    work as a tinker or tinkerer (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    blackleg, fink, rat, scab
    take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail
    work hard (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    moonlight
    work a second job, usually after hours (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    man
    take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave
    work very hard, like a slave (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    subcontract
    work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    turn a trick
    have a customer, of a prostitute (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    freelance
    work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer (verb.social)
     
  • cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
    vinify
    convert a juice into wine by fermentation (verb.change)
     
  • cause to work (verb.social)
    exercise, work, work out
    give a workout to (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    computerise, computerize, cybernate
    control a function, process, or creation by a computer (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.social)
    exploit, overwork
    work excessively hard (verb.social)
     
  • exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)
    go through, run through, work through
    apply thoroughly; think through (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker
    do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    carpenter
    work as a carpenter (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    clerk
    work as a clerk, as in the legal business (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    page
    work as a page (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    wait, waitress
    serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    pull one's weight
    do one's share in a common task (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    electioneer
    work actively for a political candidate or a party (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    assist
    act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    beaver, beaver away
    work hard on something (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    work at, work on
    to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away, slog
    work doggedly or persistently (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    busy, occupy
    keep busy with (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    collaborate, cooperate, get together, join forces
    work together on a common enterprise of project (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    volunteer
    do volunteer work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    specialise, specialize
    devote oneself to a special area of work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    minister
    work as a minister (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    intern
    work as an intern (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    skipper
    work as the skipper on a vessel (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    boondoggle
    do useless, wasteful, or trivial work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    scant, skimp
    work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    whore
    work as a prostitute (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    work
    operate in a certain place, area, or specialty (verb.social)
     
  • find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
    answer, resolve
    understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    riddle
    explain a riddle (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    strike
    arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    guess, infer
    guess correctly; solve by guessing (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    answer
    give the correct answer or solution to (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    break
    find the solution or key to (verb.cognition)
     
  • give a workout to (verb.body)
    warm up
    cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles (verb.body)
     
  • have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
    prejudice, prepossess
    influence (somebody's) opinion in advance (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    form, imprint
    establish or impress firmly in the mind (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    manipulate, pull strings, pull wires
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    color, colour
    modify or bias (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    swing, swing over
    influence decisively (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    blackjack, blackmail, pressure
    exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    carry, persuade, sway
    win approval or support for (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    get at
    influence by corruption (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    fix
    influence an event or its outcome by illegal means (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    dominate
    be in control (verb.stative)
     
  • make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
    carve
    form by carving (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    swage, upset
    form metals with a swage (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    chip
    form by chipping (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    layer
    make or form a layer (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cut out
    form and create by cutting out (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    machine
    turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    grind
    shape or form by grinding (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    stamp
    form or cut out with a mold, form, or die (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    puddle
    subject to puddling or form by puddling (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    beat
    shape by beating (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    preform
    form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    mound
    form into a rounded elevation (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    hill
    form into a hill (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    roughcast
    shape roughly (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    remold, reshape
    shape again or shape differently (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    sinter
    cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    cast, mold, mould
    form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    throw
    make on a potter's wheel (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    coil, hand-build, handbuild
    make without a potter's wheel (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    sculpt, sculpture
    create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    model, mold, mould
    form in clay, wax, etc (verb.creation)
     
  • make uniform (verb.contact)
    proof
    knead to reach proper lightness (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    masticate
    grind and knead (verb.contact)
     
  • move into or onto (verb.contact)
    stir
    mix or add by stirring (verb.contact)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    double
    do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    roll
    begin operating or running (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    run
    be operating, running or functioning (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cut
    function as a cutting instrument (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    serve, service
    be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
     
  • prepare for crops (verb.creation)
    overcrop, overcultivate
    to exhaust by excessive cultivation (verb.creation)
     
  • proceed along a path (verb.motion)
    claw
    move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    jostle
    make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    bushwhack
    cut one's way through the woods or bush (verb.motion)
     
  • shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
    hot-work
    roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    cold work, coldwork
    shape (metal) without heat (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    overwork
    use too much (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    make over, retread, rework
    use again in altered form (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    rack
    work on a rack (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    tool
    work with a tool (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    till
    work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation (verb.creation)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    coaching, coaching job
    the job of a professional coach (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    booking, engagement
    employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ministry
    the work of a minister of religion (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    navigation, sailing, seafaring
    the work of a sailor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    work load, workload
    work that a person is expected to do in a specified time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    piecework
    work paid for according to the quantity produced (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    telecommuting, teleworking
    employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    services
    performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    public service
    employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    paper route
    the job of delivering newspapers regularly (noun.act)
     
  • the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) (noun.artifact)
    writing
    (usually plural) the collected work of an author (noun.communication)
     
  • use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
    make hay
    turn to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    play
    use to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    avail, help
    take or use (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    feed, prey
    profit from in an exploitatory manner (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.social)
    use
    seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage (verb.social)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • a place where work is done (noun.artifact)
    locker room
    a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing an more.. (noun.artifact)
     

entail (entailment relations of work)

  • find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
    reason
    think logically (verb.cognition)
     

cause (cause to relations of work)

  • cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
    ferment, sour, turn, work
    go sour or spoil (verb.change)
     
  • cause to work (verb.social)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • give a workout to (verb.body)
    exercise, work out
    do physical exercise (verb.body)
     

verb group (work is verb group of ....)

  • be employed (verb.social)
    put to work, work
    cause to work (verb.social)
     
  • cause to happen or to occur as a consequence (verb.creation)
    act, work
    have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb.social)
     
  • cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
    ferment, sour, turn, work
    go sour or spoil (verb.change)
     
  • cause to work (verb.social)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • give a workout to (verb.body)
    exercise, work out
    do physical exercise (verb.body)
     
  • go sour or spoil (verb.change)
    ferment, work
    cause to undergo fermentation (verb.change)
     
  • have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb.social)
    bring, make for, play, work, wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence (verb.creation)
     
  • make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
    process, work, work on
    shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
     
  • make uniform (verb.contact)
    crop, cultivate, work
    prepare for crops (verb.creation)
     
  • operate in or through (verb.social)
    function, go, operate, run, work
    perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    run
    be operating, running or functioning (verb.contact)
     
  • prepare for crops (verb.creation)
    knead, work
    make uniform (verb.change)
     
  • proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity (verb.social)
    make, work
    proceed along a path (verb.motion)
     
  • provoke or excite (verb.perception)
    exploit, work
    use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
     
  • shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
    forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
    make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
     
  • use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
    work
    provoke or excite (verb.perception)
     

derivation (.... is derived from work)

  • a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
    act, work
    have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected (verb.social)
     
  • activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)
    work
    proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    put to work, work
    cause to work (verb.social)
     
  • applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (noun.cognition)
    learn, read, study, take
    be a student of a certain subject (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    hit the books, study
    learn by reading books (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    study
    be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning (verb.cognition)
     
  • (adj.all)
    bookish, studious
    characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading (adj.all)
     
  • be employed (verb.social)
    worker
    a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person)
     
  • cause to work (verb.social)
    employment, work, employment, work
    the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
     
  • exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)
    piece of work, work
    a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.person)
    actor, doer, worker
    a person who acts and gets things done (noun.person)
     
  • find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)
    resolution, solving
    finding a solution to a problem (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    solution
    the successful action of solving a problem (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    answer, resolution, result, solution, solvent
    a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    convergent thinker, problem solver, solver
    a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    executable, feasible, practicable, viable, workable
    capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are (adj.all)
     
  • give a workout to (verb.body)
    exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout
    the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    exerciser, gymnastic apparatus
    sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises (noun.artifact)
     
  • go sour or spoil (verb.change)
    souring
    the process of becoming sour (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    ferment, fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis
    a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcoh more.. (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    ferment
    a substance capable of bringing about fermentation (noun.substance)
     
  • have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
    influence
    a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc (noun.attribute)
     
  • make something, usually for a specific function (verb.creation)
    constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization
    the act of forming or establishing something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    formation, shaping
    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    form
    a mold for setting concrete (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    formation
    a particular spatial arrangement (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    cast, form, shape
    the visual appearance of something or someone (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.person)
    maker, shaper
    a person who makes things (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    cast, mold, mould, stamp
    the distinctive form in which a thing is made (noun.shape)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    operation, procedure
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.process)
    functioning, operation, performance
    process or manner of functioning or operating (noun.process)
     
  • (adj.all)
    operant
    having influence or producing an effect (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    functional, operative, running, working
    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adj.all)
     
  • prepare for crops (verb.creation)
    cultivation
    (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    cultivator, tiller
    a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.plant)
    crop, harvest
    the yield from plants in a single growing season (noun.plant)
     
  • proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity (verb.social)
    work, work
    activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)
     
  • shape, form, or improve a material (verb.creation)
    procedure, process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result (noun.act)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
    exploitation, using, victimisation, victimization
    an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    development, exploitation
    the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    exploiter, user
    a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive
    tending to exploit or make use of (adj.all)
     

domain category (work is domain category of ....)

  • (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 (noun.phenomenon)
    natural philosophy, physics
    the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition)
     
  • prepare for crops (verb.creation)
    agriculture, farming, husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (noun.act)
     
synonym antonym also hypernym hyponym part holonym entail achievement labor piece of work employment study workplace ease leisure recreation malfunction misfunction idle arouse bring up call down bring on induce bring off activity business end product output product production lavation wash action job operation procedure locker room reason
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