workout

1. 1.

   the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

   “the doctor recommended regular exercise”

   “he did some exercising”

   “the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit”

   Synonymsexerciseexercisingphysical exercisephysical exertion

   Broadereffort

   Narrowercardiopulmonary exercisegymnastic exercisekick upsetbodybuildingcalisthenicsisometricsisotonic exerciseKegel exercisesstretch

Other forms of workout

plural

workouts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about workout

What does workout mean?

workout means "the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit".

How many syllables are in workout?

workout has 2 syllables: wor-kout. The stress falls on "wor". In IPA it is /ˈwɝˌkaʊt/.

What is another word for workout?

Close synonyms include exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is workout a common word?

workout is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with workout?

12 words rhyme with workout. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.