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WORKS: definition and more

89 synonyms in 38 meanings 68 playable in Scrabble US

Synonyms of WORKS by meaning

noun

  1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

    Also: industrial plant.

  2. everything available; usually preceded by `the'

    Also: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, full treatment.

  3. performance of moral or religious acts

  4. the internal mechanism of a device

  5. activity directed toward making or doing something

  6. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

    Also: piece of work.

  7. the occupation for which you are paid

  8. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

  9. (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

  10. a place where work is done

  11. the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

    Also: body of work.

verb

  1. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

  2. be employed

    Also: do work.

  3. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

  4. perform as expected when applied

  5. shape, form, or improve a material

    Also: work on.

  6. give a workout to

    Also: work out.

  7. proceed along a path

  8. operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

  9. proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

  10. move in an agitated manner

  11. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

    Also: make for.

  12. cause to work

    Also: put to work.

  13. prepare for crops

  14. behave in a certain way when handled

  15. have and exert influence or effect

    Also: act upon.

  16. operate in or through

  17. cause to operate or function

  18. provoke or excite

  19. gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

  20. make something, usually for a specific function

  21. move into or onto

  22. make uniform

  23. use or manipulate to one's advantage

  24. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

    Also: work out, figure out, puzzle out.

  25. cause to undergo fermentation

  26. go sour or spoil

  27. arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion