WORKED Synonyms: 304 Similar and Opposite Words

worked

verb

variants or wrought

Definition of worked

past tense of work

as in created

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) this new drug can really work wonders

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as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning finally figured out how to work the math problem

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as in served

to have a certain purpose the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood

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as in performed

to produce a desired effect this headache remedy takes half an hour to work

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as in moved

to set or keep in motion this pump is worked by hand

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as in operated

to control the mechanical operation of show me how to work the machine

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as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues

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as in used

to take unfair advantage of a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year

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Recent Examples of worked Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June. — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 Part of what makes AI so useful in health and medicine is that the technology excels at identifying trends in large swaths of data, said Jason Droege, CEO of Scale AI, which worked with Mayo Clinic to develop Record Time. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 The men who wrote the Constitution distrusted parties, but also created and worked within them. — Andy Craig, Washington Post, 15 July 2026 In the summer of 2025, Putnam received a text from El Fernekees Hartshorn, a recent University of Rhode Island graduate who had worked with her on invasive species surveys. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 July 2026 The two worked together for the show's first 14 seasons without issue, but by season 15, viewers began to notice that Jethro Gibbs and Abby Sciuto were no longer sharing scenes. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Bessent worked for Druckenmiller earlier in his career as a hedge fund manager. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 July 2026 Martinez-Olguin, whose courtroom is in Oakland, worked for the National Immigration Law Center and the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project before being nominated to the bench in 2023. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 July 2026 The next inning, Campusano worked a two-out walk and scored from first when Andujar roped a single into the left-field corner. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Some were finely cut feathers; others, more surprisingly, were denim in various washes that created a kind of dimensional pointillist effect unlike anything else photographed on the red steps of the Palais.

— Amy Verner, Vogue, 6 July 2026

Definition of created

Verb

Small mismatches can break policies, and closing that gap in wide-ranging scenarios is still not completely solved.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Most importantly, the renovation solved the hotel’s practical shortcomings without stripping away the qualities that made longtime guests love it in the first place.

— Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of solved

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In a statement, historic preservation group Historic KC said the building once served as the headquarters of the Western Newspaper Union, whose services supplied thousands of weekly newspapers through the country in the early 1900s.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
In 2023, she was served a restraining order from the district for sharing teachers’ personal information, which was later revoked, according to previous reporting from The Bee.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of served

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Court reporters say the job can be performed only by a human being, who can intervene to ensure everyone is heard and who bears responsibility if a transcript is missing or incomplete.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Atlas performed a series of soccer moves developed using a combination of motion retargeting, reinforcement learning and whole-body control.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of performed

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Luis Mauricio Flores Ordonez, 33, was charged with owning an unregistered aircraft that was operated by another person.

— Kelly O'Donnell, NBC news, 5 July 2026
For days, the US and its fans had operated under the assumption that there was no mechanism for the striker to have his suspension erased.

— Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of operated

Verb

The Hyundai Motor Company used one of the world’s largest sporting stages to showcase its robotics ambitions.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
For instance, in Berkeley, neighbors used CEQA — citing potential noise impact from partying students — to delay, for years, UC Berkeley’s construction of student dorms on People’s Park.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026