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Antonyms for at work
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wurk |
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk |
Definition of at work
Origin :- Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
- Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
- In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.
- As in on duty : adj working
- As in operating : adj causing to function
- As in active : adj having movement
- As in going : adj active
- As in jobholding : adj employed
- As in employed : adj working
- As in engaged : adj operating; busy
Synonyms for at work
- absorbed
- accomplishing
- active
- administering
- alive
- astir
- at it
- at work
- bustling
- busy
- clocked in
- clocked in punched in
- committed
- conducting
- connected with
- contriving
- dealing in
- deep
- determining
- directing
- doing
- driving
- effective
- efficacious
- employed
- engaged
- engrossed
- executing
- exertive
- finishing
- flowing
- fulfilling
- functioning
- going
- guiding
- hasty
- hired
- immersed
- impelling
- in a job
- in collar
- in force
- in gear
- in harness
- in place
- in play
- in process
- in use
- inked
- intent
- interested
- involved
- laboring
- maintaining
- managing
- manipulating
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- obliged
- occupied
- on board
- on duty
- on the job
- on the payroll
- operating
- operative
- ordering
- performing
- plugging away
- practicing
- preoccupied
- progressive
- punched in
- pursuing
- pushing
- rapid
- rapt
- regulating
- restless
- retained
- revolving
- rolling
- running
- rushing
- rust
- rustling
- selected
- serving
- shifting
- signed
- simmering
- speeding
- speedy
- spinning
- streaming
- supervising
- sustaining
- swarming
- tied up
- transacting
- traveling
- turning
- unavailable
- using
- walking
- wielding
- working
- wrapped up
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