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

In October 2026, Marinis told The Hollywood Reporter that the creative team was still working out the new show’s airing schedule and considering whether to introduce the spinoff through an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2026

Yen is now writing a fresh draft and working out the film’s visual style. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

In a recent Instagram post, the 61-year-old supermodel shared her gym routine with her many followers, and shared working out has helped her in more ways than one. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

After a tough debut, Hughes might be working out how to make an impact at this level. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Two years of eating brownies and pizza as meals, never working out, and entrepreneurial pressure had snowballed into gastrointestinal reflux disease. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

This pre-season, Jadon Sancho spent time at Flixton FC, working out in private training sessions on the banks of the once busy Manchester Ship Canal. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Szor's camera captures the glittering lights of the city and often peers into apartment windows, showing us Israeli citizens working out, eating meals and watching the news. — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Several Heat players already have been working out in advance of training camp at Kaseya Center, after previously holding a team bonding session earlier this month in California. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026