Synonyms of exercises

exercises 1 of 2

noun

plural of exercise

1

as in practices

something done over and over in order to develop skill

a young piano student dutifully going through the standard finger exercises

Synonyms & Similar Words

• practices
• lessons
• drills
• trainings
• workouts
• routines
• homeworks
• assignments
• refreshers
• brushups
• reviews

2

as in uses

the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose

the observation that the best exercise for losing weight is the exercise of one's ability to say no to food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uses
• applications
• usages
• operations
• plays
• employments
• exertions
• reuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disuses
• nonuses

exercises

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of exercise

1

as in exerts

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively

a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exerts
• uses
• applies
• wields
• plies
• utilizes
• employs
• puts out
• abuses
• misuses
• misapplies

2

as in drills

to do over and over so as to become skilled

the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• practices
• drills
• repeats
• runs over
• prepares (for)
• points (for)
• trains (with)
• works (at or on)
• studies
• refines
• rehearses
• reviews
• perfects
• grooves

3

as in applies

to put into action or service

commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uses
• applies
• utilizes
• exploits
• harnesses
• employs
• operates
• draws on
• brings to bear
• makes use of
• works
• handles
• wields
• manipulates
• directs
• runs
• recycles
• reuses
• cannibalizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• neglects
• misuses
• misapplies

4

as in alarms

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarms
• concerns
• worries
• bothers
• distracts
• disturbs
• haunts
• distresses
• plagues
• discomposes
• upsets
• discomforts
• agitates
• angers
• unsettles
• freaks (out)
• distempers
• disquiets
• annoys
• flurries
• undoes
• ails
• derails
• dismays
• frazzles
• rattles
• confuses
• perturbs
• unhinges
• weirds out
• irritates
• hagrides
• bugs
• aggravates
• fusses
• embarrasses
• exasperates
• discountenances
• nettles
• chivies
• puts off
• discourages
• abashes
• puts out
• harasses
• harries
• peeves
• grates
• chafes
• riles
• piques
• irks
• pesters
• vexes
• bedevils
• flusters
• mortifies
• disconcerts
• frets
• gets
• galls
• dispirits
• jars
• fazes
• shakes up
• nonpluses
• discomfits
• demoralizes
• confounds
• disheartens
• daunts
• unnerves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• composes
• calms
• soothes
• settles
• quiets
• alleviates
• allays
• tranquilizes
• assuages
• appeases
• pacifies
• propitiates
• conciliates
• mollifies
• placates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exercises

Noun

Those teaching sessions included a five-sided rubber ball that Sweeney had to bounce and catch, and some unorthodox exercises. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Advertisement The architects of New Stanford might’ve avoided all of the above and still meaningfully included women by running parallel exercises in separate pods. — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Is that what some of the exercises in the book are meant to do? — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026

Brown spends physical therapy performing experiments and exercises in defying gravity. — Bella Armstrong, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

The resulting album—and the concert film that’ll soon accompany it—may be exercises in mythmaking, but Winter earns his acclaim here. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Midlife women should aim to do strengthening exercises at least two or three days a week, hitting all your major muscle groups (chest, back, shoulders/arms, core, legs) while, again, paying extra attention to your hips and legs. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 20 Oct. 2026

Dropbox has introduced memory exercises, attention-span training, and puzzles. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Personnel had traveled from bases across the country to participate in training exercises at Wainwright. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

When Skinny Neck Tat guy tries to break into her house, Ginger exercises her constitutional right to deadly force. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Working in his favor, Mora said, is that the pope is not a smoker and is an otherwise healthy 71-year-old who plays tennis and exercises his lungs regularly. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Experts say that Huang exercises outsized influence in the White House. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

In doing this, director and writer Jesse Eisenberg exercises his understanding of being both the actor and the director. — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026

As Senate President, Lawson exercises significant authority over the legislative agenda, including legislation governing public sector labor relations and the charter public school sector. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 2 Sep. 2026

Out since mid-May, Palencia should participate in team exercises the first week of September. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Marathe currently serves as the chairman of Leeds United and exercises 49ers Enterprises’ voting rights as a Director on the Leeds United Board, according to the Leeds United website. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

If elite athletes use a supplement, does that mean everyone who exercises should use it? — Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026