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exercise
noun as in work, effort
Strongest matches
act, action, activity, drill, examination, lesson, movement, operation, performance, problem, study, task, test, training, workout
Strong matches
calisthenics, constitutional, discharge, discipline, drilling, exercising, exertion, gym, labor, occupation, pursuit, recitation, schoolwork, theme, toil, warmup
Weak match
noun as in accomplishment, use
Strongest matches
Strong matches
application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulfillment, implementation, pursuit, utilization
verb as in put to use
verb as in do repeatedly, especially to improve
Strong matches
break, condition, cultivate, discipline, drill, fix, foster, groom, habituate, hone, inure, labor, maneuver, ply, practice, rehearse, set, strain, teach, work
Weak matches
break in, dry run, lick into shape, limber up, loosen up, pump iron, put out, put through grind, put through mill, run through, tune up, walk through, warm up
Example Sentences
Any plans to grow her exercise movement must, she insists, remain “completely organic.”
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized exercise classes.
A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
Variety is admissible only in addition to the original exercise, but should not be substituted for it.
The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.
The exercise of learning the names of the twenty-four Presidents is a good one for this purpose.
Why did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire?
When a man's in clink, his nag gets nothing but mild exercise till his rightful rider gets out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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