WORKED OUT Synonyms: 174 Similar and Opposite Words

worked out

verb

Definition of worked out next

past tense of work out

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem

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as in developed

to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort worked out a compromise between the warring factions

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as in succeeded

to turn out as planned or desired our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out

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as in calculated

to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving

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Recent Examples of worked out In a boost for advocates fighting to save a portion of the Hoppers Birge Pond Nature Preserve in Bristol from being developed, the city has worked out an agreement with the developer to acquire six acres for preservation. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026 Timing still needs to be worked out. —

Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026 The Angels got two runners on with one out in the eighth, but Grant Taylor worked out of the jam to maintain the three-run lead. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 The 22-year-old from Nigeria declared for the 2025 draft and worked out for teams, but was not invited to the combine. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 The proton motive force that drives the flagellar motor was proposed in 1961 by Peter Mitchell, a biochemist who worked out of his own private lab at a country estate in Cornwall, England. —

Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026 Although things eventually worked out for Lane and other recent REAP grantees, the Grist and AP analysis of USDA Rural Development data found the program has not committed a single dollar in renewable energy development since September. —

Ayurella Horn-Muller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 While in space, Williams frequently worked out on the treadmill — and ran the length of the Boston Marathon on it once back in 2007. —

Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026 Ryan Helsley worked out of a jam in the ninth for his third save. —

CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

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And a Louisiana cop haunted for decades by a teen’s murder didn’t live long enough to see it be solved.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Why traditional enterprise software hasn’t solved it CRM systems, rebate portals, and ERP platforms manage transactions and program workflows effectively.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026