exercise

Gym session routine

Exercise is physical activity undertaken to maintain or improve health and fitness: I need to get more exercise.

The word extends to any practice meant to develop a skill: piano exercises, military exercises.

An exercise can also be a task with a specific purpose: The meeting was an exercise in frustration.

To exercise is to engage in physical activity, to use something (exercise caution, exercise your rights), or to trouble someone's mind: The question exercised philosophers for centuries.

fitness

workout

Structured physical exercise

  • trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
  • cardioPulse-elevating exercise regimen
  • aerobicsHeart-strengthening group exercises

strength · endurance · gym · treadmill · repetitions · sets · weights · stretching · warm-up · cool-down

military

drill

Hole-boring device

formation · march · deployment · simulation · parade · inspection · tactics · PT

practice

drill

Hole-boring device

run-through · review · warm-up · scales · étude · recital · simulation · preparation · refinement · technique

academic

assignment

Allocated work or duty

question · task · homework · drill · prompt · exam · quiz · workbook · solution · tutorial

discipline

self-control

Ability to restrain impulses

commitment · dedication · restraint · consistency · habit · rigor · moderation · temperance · self-regulation · fortitude

application

use

Put into service

utilization · implementation · assertion · practice · execution · enactment · discharge

Categories
Opposites
physical activity

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Cessation of activity

inactivity · sedentariness · idleness · relaxation · inaction

use or application

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Failure to provide care

disuse · nonuse · abandonment · forfeiture · waiver

emotional effect

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Free from agitation

soothe · pacify · tranquilize · quiet · settle

Phrases
Family

exercises, exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercisers, unexercised, overexercise, exercisable, overexercised

Familiarity
Top 3,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G