Synonyms for exercises
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ek-ser-sahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk sərˌsaɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for exercises Other synonyms for the word exercises
- abrade
- afflict
- agitate
- annoy
- application
- bestow
- bother
- break
- break in
- bring to bear
- burden
- calisthenics
- chafe
- condition
- constitutional
- cultivate
- daily dozen
- devote
- discharge
- discipline
- distress
- disturb
- drilling
- dry run
- employ
- employment
- enjoyment
- execute
- exercising
- exertion
- fix
- foster
- fulfillment
- gall
- groom
- gym
- habituate
- handle
- hone
- implementation
- improve
- inure
- irk
- labor
- lesson
- lick into shape
- limber up
- loosen up
- maneuver
- movement
- occupation
- occupy
- operate
- operation
- pain
- performance
- perturb
- ply
- practice
- preoccupy
- prepare
- problem
- provoke
- pump iron
- pursuit
- put into practice
- put out
- put through grind
- put through mill
- recitation
- rehearse
- run through
- schoolwork
- set
- sharpen
- strain
- study
- task
- teach
- test
- theme
- toil
- train
- training
- trouble
- try
- tune up
- use
- utilization
- utilize
- vex
- walk through
- warm up
- warm-up
- wield
- work
- work out
- workout
Définition of exercises
Origin :- mid-14c., "condition of being in active operation; practice for the sake of training," from Old French exercice (13c.) "exercise, execution of power; physical or spiritual exercise," from Latin exercitium "training, exercise," from exercitare, frequentative of exercere "keep busy, drive on," literally "remove restraint," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + arcere "keep away, prevent, enclose," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (see arcane).
- Original sense may have been driving farm animals to the field to plow. Meaning "physical activity" first recorded in English late 14c.; in reference to written schoolwork from early 17c. The ending was abstracted for formations such as dancercise (1967); jazzercise (1977); and boxercise (1985).
- noun work, effort
- noun accomplishment, use
- verb put to use
- verb do repeatedly, especially to improve
- verb upset, worry
- "The professor made a bully speech," said more than one after the exercises were over.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Wearing the crown is the most valuable of all exercises for young people.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- After such articles as clothing and arms had been unpacked, the exercises began.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- To Jeffrey they seemed to be "all composed as exercises and for display."
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- He got other boys to do his exercises for him, while he romped and scrambled about.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- What is it that here imparts the impulse and exercises the control?
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- With Illustrations and Exercises adapted to the use of schools.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
- Regimental exercises filled weekends in Cheshire or the West Riding.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- The exercises will consist of songs and music and a goodly array of speeches.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity, but me.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Antonyms for exercises
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