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workout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of workout

something done over and over in order to develop skill

  • a workout with dumbbells for building the muscles of the arms
Synonyms of workout

drill, exercise, practice (also practise), routine, training
Words Related to workout

assignment, homework, lesson

brushup, refresher, review

work out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of work out

1 to find an answer for through reasoning

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

answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), resolve, riddle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work
Words Related to work out

conclude, decide, deduce, gather, infer, judge, reason

clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie

assume, conjecture, divine, guess, presume, speculate

decipher, decode

2 to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort

  • worked out a compromise between the warring factions
Synonyms of work out

carve (out), develop, forge, grind (out), hammer out, thrash (out), work up
Words Related to work out

churn out, crank out, turn out

cobble (together or up), throw up

compose, construct, craft, create, engineer, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, generate, manufacture, mint, model, shape, tailor

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, hatch, invent, originate

accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect
Phrases Synonymous with work out

bring forth
Near Antonyms of work out

demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, tear down

ruin, undo, unmake, wreck

3 to turn out as planned or desired

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

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed
Words Related to work out

catch on

flourish, prosper, thrive

cook, percolate
Phrases Synonymous with work out

bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork
Near Antonyms of work out

languish

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crater, crumble, flame out

choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire

fall down, go under

implode, self-destruct
Antonyms of work out

bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

4 to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations

  • after working out the cost of a college education, weʼve decided that itʼs never too early to start saving
Synonyms of work out

calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon
Words Related to work out

add up, average, sum, tally, total, totalize

add, divide, multiply, subtract

allow (for), deduct, factor (in or into or out), figure in

figure out, solve (for)

count, itemize, number

calibrate, gauge (also gage), measure, scale

assess, appraise, estimate, evaluate, rate, value

recalculate, recompute, refigure

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