English adjective: working | |||
1. | working actively engaged in paid work | ||
Samples | The working population. The ratio of working men to unemployed. A working mother. Robots can be on the job day and night. | ||
Synonyms | on the job | ||
Similar | employed | ||
Antonyms | unemployed | ||
2. | working adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something | ||
Samples | The party has a working majority in the House. A working knowledge of Spanish. | ||
Similar | practical | ||
Antonyms | impractical | ||
3. | working adopted as a temporary basis for further work | ||
Samples | A working draft. A working hypothesis. | ||
Similar | impermanent, temporary | ||
Antonyms | lasting, permanent | ||
4. | working (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | ||
Samples | In running (or working) order. A functional set of brakes. | ||
Synonyms | functional, operative, running | ||
Similar | functioning | ||
Antonyms | malfunctioning, nonfunctional | ||
5. | working serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity | ||
Samples | Discussed the working draft of a peace treaty. They need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects. | ||
Similar | operative | ||
Antonyms | inoperative | ||
English noun: working | |||
1. | working (artifact) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | ||
Synonyms | workings | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excavation | ||