Antonyms for working
ˈwɜr kɪŋwork·ing

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1. workingadjective

   Antonyms:
   broken, down, broken-down

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

2. workingadjective

   The action of the verb work.

   a working ventilator

   Antonyms:
   broken, broken-down, down

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

3. workingadjective

   That suffices but requires additional work.

   a working copy of the script

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

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

4. workingadjective

   Method of operation.

   working mothers

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

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

5. workingadjective

   Fermentation.

   the working week

   Antonyms:
   down, broken-down, broken

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

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

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

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

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1. working, workingsadjective

   a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

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

   Synonyms:
   works, workings

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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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1. workingadjective

   Synonyms:
   industrious

How to use working in a sentence?

1. Richard Trumka:

   For years, we have called attention to the predatory practices of some steel exporting countries. Such practices hurt working people and cheat companies that produce in the U.S., we applaud the administration's efforts today to fix this problem.

2. Sedona Prince:

   Tonight's game was fun. The energy was insane. Stanford is a great team, they have a lot of talent, they play really well together, and we're learning, we're still young. We're going to keep working.

3. United States:

   You can have the most talented people working for you, you can have the most talented players playing on the team, but if there is no collective one, if there is no collective goal, no team and no business can be successful with a poor culture, and in every successful team, nothing becomes bigger than winning. And when things and other things become bigger than performing and the will to win, that is when the culture is no longer good enough.

4. Don Schaffner:

   A lot of the delivery services are working on best practices.

5. Police Detective Superintendent John Watson:

   Others, it will be alleged, are working under his instruction.

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