worked

variants or wrought
past tense of work
1
2
3
4
as in performed
to produce a desired effect this headache remedy takes half an hour to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

5
6
7
8

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of worked In March 2018, L’Oréal and Armani renewed that license until 2025, after having worked together since 1988. Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025 Coppola worked with Robert Evans, formerly of Paramount but working independently at the time. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 Neither of us had ever worked on a posthumous collection before. Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 Additionally, Amazon is offering 35% average pay increases for its employees who’ve worked for more than three years. Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for worked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worked
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, in dress form, this problem is solved!
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Modern chemistry found the problem was phosphorus content and that a different firebrick to line the converters solved the problem.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Veteran oilman Robert Price was regaled with stories of dogsledding and adventures in Greenland as a child from his father who served as a military weatherman there during World War II.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Anglers who want to keep their catch fresh on a long drive home are better served to cover fish in a dry livewell with ice.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On August 30, 1972, John performed at the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden — his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
    Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, Cox said via email last week that the cost of new construction and the site topography where the old police headquarters stood drove the cost up so high that the location was not the best choice.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The suspects drove a truck up to the museum, part of which was originally built as a castle.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That being said, Flick’s side have faced similar issues with their press, having used the full-back jump since last season.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Photos used in this column were made possible by the Barry Bingham Jr.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her sister struggled for years with substance use, leading their mother to assume custody of her sister's two children.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Barcelona used a mix of zonal and man-marking but struggled when teams exploited their comparalative lack of height and physicality by using players in motion.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Inter-agent trust — the tendency for an AI agent to trust other AI agents by default — can also be exploited to get around the guardrails built into popular systems.
    Big Think, Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Worked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on worked

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!