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Synonyms for worky

  • adjective

Most common

workish worklike laborious diligent

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Workish — characterized by or pertaining to work

working, workish, worklike

2. Labor-intensive — requiring much work

labor-intensive US, laborious

3. Diligent — tending to be very serious about work

diligent, industrious

4. Involved — showing the effect of much effort and work

involved, intricate

Other

business-like

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Characterized by or pertaining to work.

  2. adj. 2

    Requiring much work.

  3. adj. 3

    Tending to be very serious about work.

    Angelo has an important deadline, so he is all worky today.

  4. adj. 4

    Showing the effect of much effort and work.

Related words

Word family
working workish worklike

Example sentences

  • diligent Generally, the Japanese are very diligent workers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
workysteady
worklikesteady
laboriousfalling
diligentsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
working2, workish
8 letters
involved2, diligent3, worklike
9 letters
intricate3, laborious4
11 letters
industrious4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (working2 = 2 syllables).