| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labor, chore |
Synonyms: |
assignment, attempt, commission, daily grind, drudge, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, endeavor, exertion, functioning, grind, grindstone, industry, job, moil, muscle, obligation, pains, performance, production, push, salt mines, servitude, slogging, stint, stress, striving, struggle, sweat*, task, toil, travail, trial, trouble, undertaking |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun, pastime |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, occupation |
Synonyms: |
activity, art, calling, commitment, contract, craft, do*, duty, employment, endeavor, gig, grind*, industry, job, line, line of business, livelihood, métier, nine-to-five, obligation, office, practice, profession, pursuit, racket, responsibility, skill, slot, specialization, stint, swindle, task, thing*, trade, vocation, walk |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun, pastime |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
Synonyms: |
act, application, article, composition, creation, deed, end product, function, handicraft, handiwork, oeuvre, opus, output, performance, piece, product, production |
Antonyms: |
failure, loss |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be employed; exert oneself |
Synonyms: |
apply oneself, be gainfully employed, buckle down, carry on, dig, do a job, do business, drive, drudge, earn a living, freelance, have a job, hold a job, hustle*, knuckle down, labor, manage, manufacture, moil, moonlight, nine-to-five it, peg away, plug away, ply, punch a clock, pursue, report, scratch, slave, slog, specialize, strain, strive, sweat*, take on, toil, try |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, relax, rest |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, operate |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, act, behave, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, control, create, direct, drive, effect, execute, force, function, go, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, progress, react, run, serve, take, tick, use, wield |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, form |
Synonyms: |
care for, dig, dress, farm, fashion, handle, knead, labor, make, manipulate, mold, process, shape, tend, till |
Antonyms: |
destroy |
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special interest or pursuit |
Synonyms: |
act, avocation, bag*, ballgame, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo |
Antonyms: |
hate |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, instrumentality |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, auspices, channel, efficiency, force, influence, instrument, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, organ, vehicle, work |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
Synonyms: |
clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, position of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, officeholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work |