Exercise

//ˈɛk.sə.saɪz//

Synonyms for "exercise" (430 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (129)

conning constitutional consumption contemplation convocation cram cramming cultivate cultivation daily dozen descant develop development devil direction discharge discipline discompose discourse disquisition

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distemper distress disturb do do with dog doing drilling drive up the wall driving duty effect electronic music employ employment empty formality enchant engage engage in engage the attention engage the mind engage the thoughts engross engross the mind engross the thoughts engrossment enjoyment enthrall errand etude exasperate execute execution exercises exercising exertion exploit exposition extensive study fascinate fash fetch up fetching-up fish to fry fit fix flex follow form formal formality foster fostering fret function functioning gall get go in for good use grab graduation graduation exercises grind grinding grip gripe groom grooming gymnastic exercises gymnastics handle handling harangue harass hard usage hard use harmonization harry headwork heckle hector hold hold spellbound hold the interest homework homily hound house-train housebreak housebreaking hypnotize ill use ill-use immerse improve improvement in-service training inaugural inauguration incidental music initiation

Verb(3 words)

do drill exert

Noun(4 words)

drill employment example exercising

Related words (215)

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make-work manage management manipulate manipulation manoeuvre manual training matters in hand mental labor mesmerize miff military training mission misuse molest monopolize moral moral lesson morality moralization movement movements mummery nachtmusik nag needle nettle nocturne nudzh nurse nurture nurturing object lesson observance obsess occupation occupy occupy the attention odd job office on-the-job training operancy operate operation operations opus orchestration peeve performance performing persecute perturb perusal pester physical education physical jerks pick pick on piece piece of work pique plague play pluck the beard ply pother praxis preachment preoccupy preparation prepare production program music project prosecute provoke pursue put forth put in tune put into practice put out put to school put to use raise raising reading ready readying rear rearing recital recitation rehearsal rehearse religious ceremony responsibility restudy restudying review ricercar ride rile rite rite de passage rite of passage ritual roil rough usage ruffle running score send to school sermon service set set task setting-up exercises skull session sloyd solemnity solemnization sonata sonatina specialize in spellbind steering stint stretch string orchestra string quartet study studying subject swing swotting tackle take in hand take on take to take up talk task teach teaching tease theme theme and variations things to do throw torment train training trio trouble try try the patience tweak the nose undertake upbringing usage using up utilization utilize variation vex vocational education vocational training wage warm up warm-up wide reading wield work work at working working-out workings workout worry wrong use yoga

Noun(10 words)

physical exercise physical exertion practice practice session recitation usage use utilisation utilization workout

Verb(4 words)

practice practise work work out

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

21 relation types

More general

28 entries

act action activity apply ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony effort elbow grease employ exertion grooming learn lesson move observance

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Antonyms

10 entries

couch couch potato lazy off potato rest sitting slacking slacking off sloth

Synonyms

5 entries

drill exert practice use work out

Related terms

3 entries

exorcise train work out

capable of

22 entries

amount to long healthy life condition condition heart condition person to hard work consist of lifting weights fourm of recreation give pounding headache heat muscles help keep young help person live longer helps to keep people warm increase heart rate increase muscle mas lower cholesterol make feel warm make one happy

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causes

7 entries

fitness injury need for food shortness of breath sweat sweating thirst

causes desire

2 entries

have shower rest

derived

59 entries

Brandt-Daroff exercise aquacise boxercise compound exercise cyberexercise dancercise deskercise ekker exercisability exercisable exercise ball exercise bicycle exercise bike exercise bone exercise book exercise bulimia

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distinct from

3 entries

fat fun work

entails

1 entries

move

has first_subevent

5 entries

breathe correctly expend energy put on proper clothes stretch weigh

has last_subevent

4 entries

cool off shower shower please work up sweat

has prerequisite

36 entries

change cloths check with doctor dance decide if need to exercise do deep knee bends do stretches and warmup drink lots of water eat right energy find free time get out of chair get weights go for walk go on walk go running go to gym

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has property

7 entries

best done on regular basis fun good good for body good for body and mind important to living long life very good for

has subevent

24 entries

aerobic activity burn calories burn fat carry little towel cruches crunches drink water fatigue feeling better yourself gain muscles get tired getting exhausted getting fit improve health increase metabolism increase muscle mass

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is a

10 entries

action activity to maintain health ceremony effort event lesson one way not to lazy one way to maintain good health training way of coping with stress

manner of

1 entries

work

motivated by_goal

23 entries

become better become muscular better ehalth build stamina can good fun fatass fit get in shape get thin getting fat good health improve improve fitness level increase energy level keep up with dog keeps healthy

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receives action

2 entries

done anywhere person can move overrated

related to

167 entries

ability action activity aerobic aerobic activity aerobics after after stretch around at gym before before running behavior being being fit being healthy

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similar

2 entries

work work out

Translations

352 translations across 83 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

Kalit noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
Stervit noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
Ushtrohem noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
ushtrim noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

γυμνάσια noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
μελέτημα noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
σωμασκία noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
ἄσκησις noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Arabic

4 entries

تَدْرِيب noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
تَمْرِين noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
تَمْرِين noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
اتمرن verb (exert for the sake of training)

Armenian

4 entries

վարժություն noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
վարժություն noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
մարզել verb (exert for the sake of training)
մարզել verb (perform physical activity)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

məşq noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
təlim noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
təmrin noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
çalışma noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Basque

2 entries

ariketa noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ariketa noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Belarusian

4 entries

зара́дка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
практыкава́нне noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
практыкава́ньне noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
трэніро́ўка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Bengali

1 entries

ব্যায়াম noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Bulgarian

4 entries

трениро́вка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
упражне́ние noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
трени́рам verb (exert for the sake of training)
упражня́вам verb (take action, enforce)

Burmese

3 entries

လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
လေ့ကျင့် verb (exert for the sake of training)

Catalan

4 entries

exercici noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercici noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
exercir verb (take action, enforce)
exercitar verb (exert for the sake of training)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

練習 /练习 noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
運動 /运动 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

練習 /练习 noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
運動 /运动 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
做運動 /做运动 verb (exert for the sake of training)
健身 verb (perform physical activity)

Cornish

1 entries

omoberi verb (exert for the sake of training)

Czech

3 entries

cvičení noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
cvičení noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
cvičit verb (exert for the sake of training)

Danish

2 entries

øvelse noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
motionere verb (perform physical activity)

Dutch

4 entries

lichaamsbeweging noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
oefening noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
bewegen verb (perform physical activity)
gebruikmaken verb (use; put into practice)

Esperanto

4 entries

ekzerco noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ekzerco noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
ekzerci verb (exert for the sake of training)
ekzerci verb (take action, enforce)

Estonian

3 entries

harjutus noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
harjutus noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
õppus verb (exert for the sake of training)

Finnish

4 entries

harjoittelu noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
harjoittelu noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
harjoitus noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
harjoitus noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

French

4 entries

exercice noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercice noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
exercer verb (exert for the sake of training)
exercer verb (take action, enforce)

Galician

1 entries

exercicio noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Georgian

3 entries

ვარჯიში noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ვარჯიში noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
სავარჯიშო noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

German

4 entries

Sport noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
Training noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
Übung noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
Übung noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Greek

2 entries

άσκηση noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
γυμναστική noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

egzèse verb (exert for the sake of training)
egzèse verb (take action, enforce)

Hebrew

2 entries

תַּרְגִּיל noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
תַּרְגִּיל noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Hindi

4 entries

अभ्यास noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
कसरत noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
रियाज़ noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
वर्ज़िश noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Hungarian

4 entries

edzés noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
feladat noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
gyakorlat noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
gyakorlás noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Icelandic

2 entries

æfing noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
hreyfa sig verb (perform physical activity)

Indonesian

3 entries

latihan noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
latihan noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
olahraga noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Ingrian

1 entries

upražnenja noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

اِگْزِرْسیز noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
تَدْریب noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
تَمْرین noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
مَشْق noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Irish

4 entries

aclaigh verb (exert for the sake of training)
aclaigh verb (perform physical activity)
cuir i bhfeidhm verb (use; put into practice)
déan aclaíocht verb (perform physical activity)

Italian

4 entries

esercizio noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
allenarsi verb (perform physical activity)
avvalersi verb (use; put into practice)
esercitare verb (exert for the sake of training)

Japanese

4 entries

エクササイズ noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
体操 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
体育 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
練習 noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Kazakh

2 entries

жаттығу noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
жаттығу noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Khmer

3 entries

ការិយកម្ម noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ការិយកិច្ច noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ហាត់ verb (exert for the sake of training)

Korean

4 entries

련습 noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
연습 noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
운동 noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
연습하다 verb (exert for the sake of training)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

көнүгүү noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
машыгуу noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Lao

3 entries

ບົດເຝິກຫັດ noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ຝຶກ verb (exert for the sake of training)
ຫັດ verb (exert for the sake of training)

Latin

4 entries

exercitium noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercitium noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
exercitātiō noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercitātiō noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Latvian

4 entries

uzdevums noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
vingrinājums noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
vingrinājums noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
vingrojums noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Ligurian

2 entries

esercìçio noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
esercìçio noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Lithuanian

4 entries

mankšta noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
pratimas noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
pratimas noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
uždavinys noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Macedonian

3 entries

ве́жба noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
вежба noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
вежба verb (exert for the sake of training)

Malay

3 entries

latih tubi noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
latihan noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
senaman noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Malayalam

2 entries

അഭ്യാസം noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
വ്യായാമം noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Mongolian

2 entries

дасгал noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
дасгал хийх verb (exert for the sake of training)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

temrîn noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Norwegian

1 entries

trene verb (exert for the sake of training)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

mosjon noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
øvelse noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
øvelse noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
øving noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

mosjon noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
øving noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
øving noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Pashto

2 entries

تمرين noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
مشق noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Polish

4 entries

ćwiczenie noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ćwiczenie noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
skorzystać verb (use; put into practice)
użyć władzy verb (take action, enforce)

Portuguese

4 entries

exercício noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercício noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
agir verb (take action, enforce)
exercer verb (use; put into practice)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਵਰਜ਼ਸ਼ noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Quechua

1 entries

amañay verb (exert for the sake of training)

Romanian

2 entries

exercițiu noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
exercițiu noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Russian

4 entries

заря́дка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
пра́ктика noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
трениро́вка noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
трениро́вка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

eacarsaich noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
eacarsaich noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

prȁksa noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
vjȅžba noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
vjȅžba noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
vȅžba noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ව්යායාමය noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Slovak

3 entries

cvičenie noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
cvičenie noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
cvičiť verb (exert for the sake of training)

Slovene

4 entries

gibanje noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
vadba noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
vadba noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
vaja noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Spanish

4 entries

ejercicio noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ejercicio noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
ejercitación noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
ejercer verb (take action, enforce)

Swahili

2 entries

mazoezi noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
mazoezi noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Swedish

4 entries

träning noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
uppgift noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
övning noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ansätta verb (occupy the attention and effort of)

Tagalog

1 entries

pagsasanay noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Tajik

4 entries

варзиш noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
машқ noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
машқ noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
тамрин noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Tamil

2 entries

உடற்பயிற்சி noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
பயிற்சி noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Thai

4 entries

การออกกำลังกาย noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
แบบฝึกหัด noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
ฝึก verb (exert for the sake of training)
ฝึกหัด verb (exert for the sake of training)

Turkish

3 entries

egzersiz noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
egzersiz noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
temrin noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Turkmen

1 entries

maşk noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Ukrainian

4 entries

впра́ва noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
впра́ва noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
заря́дка noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
тренува́ння noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Urdu

4 entries

تَمْرِین noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
رِیاضَت noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
مَشّاقی noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
مَشْق noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Uyghur

1 entries

مەشق noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Uzbek

1 entries

mashq noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Vietnamese

4 entries

luyện tập noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
thể dục noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
vận động noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
luyện tập verb (exert for the sake of training)

Volapük

1 entries

koapaskilükam noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Walloon

1 entries

egzercice noun (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)

Welsh

1 entries

ymarfer noun (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To be an interesting person you have to feed and exercise your mind.

Source: tatoeba (18928)

The instructor advised me to get exercise every day.

Source: tatoeba (19077)

Regular exercise is beneficial to good health.

Source: tatoeba (20214)

Too much exercise does more harm than good.

Source: tatoeba (23611)

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Exercise

Synonyms for "exercise" (430 found)

Closest matches (86)

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Related words (215)

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Antonyms

Synonyms

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capable of

causes

causes desire

derived

distinct from

entails

has first_subevent

has last_subevent

has prerequisite

has property

has subevent

is a

manner of

motivated by_goal

receives action

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Ingrian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Ligurian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Mongolian

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian