working
Definitions
Noun
- A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
Verb
- Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- Be employed
- Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- Perform as expected when applied
- Shape, form, or improve a material
- Give a workout to
- Proceed along a path
- Operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- Proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- Move in an agitated manner
- Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- Cause to work
- Prepare for crops
- Behave in a certain way when handled
- Have and exert influence or effect
- Operate in or through
- Cause to operate or function
- Provoke or excite
- Gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- Make something, usually for a specific function
- Move into or onto
- Make uniform
- Use or manipulate to one's advantage
- Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- Cause to undergo fermentation
- Go sour or spoil
- Arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "working".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | working | 2 | 151 |
| 2 | workings | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | metalworking | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | woodworking | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | hardworking | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | hard-working | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | millworking | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | networking | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | overworking | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | reworking | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | workinger | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "working".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waiting | 2 | 110 |
| 2 | watching | 2 | 76 |
| 3 | willing | 2 | 69 |
| 4 | walking | 2 | 54 |
| 5 | wearing | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | washing | 2 | 44 |
| 7 | swimming | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | wedding | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | winning | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | swinging | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | dwelling | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | sweeping | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | waving | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | swelling | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | waking | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | whirling | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | weeping | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | awaiting | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | switching | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | whipping | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | whining | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | wiping | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | twirling | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | wailing | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | weaving | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | wishing | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | worrying | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | quitting | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | sweating | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | swirling | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | wetting | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | wording | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | quoting | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | swearing | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | swooping | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | twitching | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | wagging | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | waning | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | weaning | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | wheeling | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | whiting | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | whooping | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | wiring | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | quaking | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | quelling | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | swiping | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | waging | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | warring | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | weighting | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | welling | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | whaling | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | wheezing | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | whizzing | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | whopping | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | winging | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | buening | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | quashing | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | quilling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | quiring | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | quizzing | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | schwering | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | swapping | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | swatching | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | sweeting | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | swerling | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | swilling | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | swooning | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | tweaking | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | twining | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | wading | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | waiving | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | walling | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | wapping | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | wareing | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | waring | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | webbing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | weeding | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | wehling | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | wenning | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | werking | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | werling | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | werning | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | whacking | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | whitting | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | widing | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | wieting | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | wiling | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | wining | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | wirsing | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | wissing | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | witching | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | witting | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | wooding | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | worthing | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | zwilling | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "working".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | workings | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | wrecking | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | worrying | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | wording | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | wring | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | woodworking | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | workin' | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | wracking | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | workinger | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | reworking | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | wotring | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | werking | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | forking | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | dworkin | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | corking | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | orkin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | networking | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | wreaking | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | worthing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | woodring | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "working" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "working" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "working" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "working".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | werking | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 28
Fragments: 11
Sound Alikes: 95
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 3
Words that Precede: 2
Statistically Associated: 15
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Mar 14, 2026 The New York Times
Mar 14, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 14, 2026 New York Post

