Synonyms of working out

working out

verb

present participle of work out

1

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning

by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solving
• unraveling
• answering
• figuring out
• resolving
• doping (out)
• puzzling (out)
• riddling (out)
• working
• cracking
• unriddling
• straightening (out)
• clearing (up)
• deciphering
• ironing out
• concluding
• deciding
• reasoning
• breaking
• gathering
• judging
• inferring
• deducing
• guessing
• assuming
• speculating
• untying
• presuming
• untangling
• decoding
• divining
• conjecturing
• unscrambling

2

as in developing

to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort

worked out a compromise between the warring factions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• developing
• forging
• grinding (out)
• working up
• carving (out)
• creating
• bringing forth
• hammering out
• thrashing (out)
• crafting
• constructing
• generating
• achieving
• carrying out
• churning out
• devising
• cranking out
• throwing up
• turning out
• cooking (up)
• composing
• cobbling (together or up)
• forming
• engineering
• manufacturing
• modeling
• originating
• inventing
• shaping
• accomplishing
• tailoring
• effecting
• hatching
• conceiving
• bringing off
• fashioning
• concocting
• minting
• fabricating
• framing
• contriving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tearing down
• destroying
• dismantling
• demolishing
• razing
• wrecking
• ruining
• undoing
• unmaking

3

as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired

our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeeding
• going over
• going
• coming off
• bearing fruit
• catching fire
• clicking
• panning out
• delivering the goods
• doing the trick
• going like clockwork
• delivering
• catching on
• flourishing
• prospering
• thriving
• cooking
• percolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• striking out
• washing out
• missing
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• struggling
• bombing
• flopping
• foundering
• flunking
• languishing
• declining
• floundering
• slipping
• falling down
• waning
• sinking
• going under
• slumping
• cracking up
• crumbling
• skidding
• crashing
• flaming out
• choking
• cratering
• misfiring
• imploding
• miscarrying
• self-destructing

4

as in calculating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calculating
• figuring
• computing
• adding up
• allowing (for)
• assessing
• solving (for)
• measuring
• estimating
• adding
• figuring out
• evaluating
• ciphering
• subtracting
• multiplying
• dividing
• figuring in
• summing
• factoring (in or into or out)
• averaging
• counting
• deducting
• gauging
• scaling
• totaling
• reckoning
• calibrating
• totalizing
• rating
• tallying
• appraising
• valuing
• numbering
• itemizing
• recomputing
• recalculating
• refiguring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of working out

Donald has been working out at the Rams' Woodland Hills training complex and at home for several weeks in his attempt to return to NFL shape. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Four days before a Carabao Cup first-round tie at home to Portsmouth on Saturday, head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is still working out his strongest team. — Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Further experiments included working out how a practical Reaper might attach to the top of Bannister’s car by driving up and down the road outside Wētā Workshop — which also happened to be in front of a Christian Fellowship School. — Geoffrey Bunting, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2026

The Carolina Panthers are hosting and working out a veteran quarterback this week. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026

Rebecca Lessley is still working out the details of her bankruptcy, which will likely include a five-year repayment plan. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 29 July 2026

In the post, Clark, 46, shared a series of videos of himself working out at a Planet Fitness gym. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Today, Brown insists, their lives are considerably less cinematic, filled with surfing, working out, and time spent with their kids. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026

Evans stumbled into it and is still visibly working out what to do with it. — Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026