Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "works" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

duck flying objects

Derived Terms

Stoke Works clerk of the works clerk of works gum up the works spanner in the works works agreement works council works councillor works righteousness works team wrench in the works

Inflected/Variant Forms

work

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity building complex complex entireness entirety integrality mechanism totality

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

battleworks bleachworks brassworks brickworks bronzeworks candleworks cement works chainworks coalworks cokeworks copperworks deadworks dyeworks enamelworks false works fishworks freezing works gas works gasworks glassworks good works gunworks headworks iceworks ironworks laceworks leatherworks limeworks loomworks meatworks metalworks monkey wrench in the works oilworks paperworks pinworks potworks printworks public works railworks saltworks semi-works silkworks skunkworks smelting works soapworks softworks steelworks streamworks tanworks tileworks tryworks upperworks wagonworks waterworks woolworks zincworks

Type Of (IsA)

activity mechanism

Related Terms

all the way in the works the whole nine yards the whole shebang the whole shop worked wrought

Related Terms

all way in works whole nine yards whole shebang work

Synonym Network

plant whole shebang

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.