Definition of gymnext
as in gymnasium
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising he decided to get up early and go to the gym to lift weights

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Recent Examples of gym Sheets can handle everyday wear, gym clothes and routine loads without much issue. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Born in Salt Lake City on May 26, 1936, Harrison came to Hollywood at age 17, worked at gyms owned by bodybuilders Vic Tanny and Bert Goodrich and modeled for beefcake magazines before taking acting lessons at Fox under Sandy Meisner. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 People can run outside for free or use cheaper fitness apps, as well as buy inexpensive walking pads and go to budget gyms. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 In an era when everyone totes water bottles from the gym, to breakfast meetings, to the office, and then to dinner, the lines of personal beverage etiquette have blurred. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gym
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gym
gymnasium
Noun
  • On the other side of the field, the entrance to the gymnasium shed was a dark hole.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Centuries later, the German gymnasium became synonymous not with athletics but with intellectual rigor.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gym. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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