workout | Definition of workout

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, we've decided that it's 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

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Synonyms and Antonyms of work out

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