Synonyms for working
ˈwɜr kɪŋwork·ing

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1. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   employment, basic, up, employed, functioning, temporary, provisional, draft, work

   Antonyms:
   broken, down, broken-down

2. workingadjective

   The action of the verb work.

   a working ventilator

   Synonyms:
   work, functioning, basic, employed, draft, employment, up, temporary, provisional

   Antonyms:
   broken, broken-down, down

3. workingadjective

   That suffices but requires additional work.

   a working copy of the script

   Synonyms:
   up, provisional, work, temporary, employment, draft, functioning, basic, employed

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

4. workingadjective

   Method of operation.

   working mothers

   Synonyms:
   work, draft, up, employment, employed, basic, functioning, provisional, temporary

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

5. workingadjective

   Fermentation.

   the working week

   Synonyms:
   provisional, temporary, employment, basic, up, work, functioning, employed, draft

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

6. workingadjective

   To become full of a vegetable substance.

   a working knowledge of computers

   Synonyms:
   work, provisional, basic, draft, up, employed, functioning, employment, temporary

   Antonyms:
   broken, broken-down, down

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1. working

   Synonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied

   Antonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, sluggish, trifling, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant

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1. working, workingsadjective

   a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

   Synonyms:
   works, workings

   Antonyms:
   inoperative, malfunctioning, nonfunctional, permanent, lasting, unemployed, impractical

2. working(a), on the job(p)adjective

   actively engaged in paid work

   "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night"

   Antonyms:
   impractical, unemployed, inoperative, nonfunctional, lasting, malfunctioning, permanent

3. workingadjective

   adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

   "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish"

   Synonyms:
   on the job(p), functional, working(a), running(a), operative

   Antonyms:
   unemployed, nonfunctional, lasting, impractical, malfunctioning, inoperative, permanent

4. working(a)adjective

   adopted as a temporary basis for further work

   "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis"

   Antonyms:
   nonfunctional, inoperative, lasting, impractical, unemployed, permanent, malfunctioning

5. running(a), operative, functional, working(a)adjective

   (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

   "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

   Antonyms:
   nonfunctional, lasting, unemployed, malfunctioning, inoperative, impractical, permanent

6. workingadjective

   serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity

   "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects"

   Synonyms:
   on the job(p), functional, working(a), running(a), operative

   Antonyms:
   lasting, impractical, permanent, malfunctioning, inoperative, unemployed, nonfunctional

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1. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   laboring

2. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   moving, operating

3. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   on duty, at work

4. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   fermenting

5. workingnoun

   Synonyms:
   motion, operation

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1. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   industrious

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1. List of paraphrases for "working":

   work, labour, job, group, party, labor, employment, operating, task, force, trabajo, workplace, works, active, functioning, collaboration, worked, worker, collaborate, action, collaborating, workers, factor, jobs, working-level

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1. Greg Murphy:

   We’ve had a couple of our congressional staff ... working night and day trying to get these at-risk individuals out of Afghanistan, really doing the work of our State Department and trying to process people — get them the paperwork that they need — to get them out of the country as best as we can, but we don’t have any people on the ground. We don’t have any assets on the ground.

2. Commuter Madhurima Mishra:

   I was not sure about the availability of the product. Now that I have used it I found it really user-friendly and I am a working woman and I have to use the public toilets a lot of time and I have this fear of infections so at that time it's like a boon to me.

3. Wendell Stinnett:

   I like to work. I like working for Sabre, looking at our business, we bill based upon bookings from airlines, hotels, cruise lines. All of our customers were hit. The revenue stream dried up. With that information, I saw the handwriting on the wall.

4. George Miranda:

   This is awful news to give a working family just before the holidays, three hundred carriage drivers - men and women who have devoted their lives to caring for horses - will be unemployed if this bill is passed.

5. Lilian Alessa:

   We still have individuals who are working off the old normal. And thats terrifying, this is going to be the new normal for an indefinite period into the future if you dont, excuse my language, pull your head out of your ass and stay home for two weeks.