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

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

People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 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

This time, Miles Teller plays the father, an out-of-work engineer who is convinced by his ex-cop brother (Adam Driver) to go into business with a group of Russian importers working out of Gowanus. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Bodine is expected to work with the Rays through Sunday, then next week join a group of 25-30 minor-leaguers working out in Port Charlotte to be available if needed. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Lampley notes that, nowadays, their mornings are spent working out or golfing. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026