gymnasiums

Indoor athletic facilities

Gymnasiums is the plural of gymnasium, a large indoor space equipped for physical exercise, sports, and athletic training.

In American English, the shortened form gym is far more common in everyday speech, while gymnasiums tends to appear in more formal contexts like school board documents or architectural plans.

The new high school features two full-sized gymnasiums.

In German-speaking countries and some other European nations, a Gymnasium is an academically rigorous secondary school preparing students for university.

exercise

weights

Heavy objects for lifting

stretching · yoga · pilates · calisthenics · bodybuilding · squat · deadlift · benchpress · pullup · dumbbells

school

students

Those receiving instruction

volleyball · dodgeball · assembly · locker rooms · scoreboards · climbing ropes · mats · uniforms · whistles · drills

equipment

treadmill

Motorized walking platform

benchpress · mirrors · mats · lockers · showers

athletics

track

Path or monitored route

athletes · marathon · sprinting · javelin · discus · relay · shotput · decathlon · triathlon · pentathlon

ancient

philosophers

Seekers of fundamental truths

athletics · nudity · olive oil · academy · training · youth · sculpture · columns · marble

Categories
Opposites
indoor vs outdoor athletic spaces

gymnasiumsplaying fields

Grounds for organized games

athletic fields · sports fields · stadiums · parks · playgrounds

structured athletic facility vs natural/unimproved spaces

gymnasiumswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

forests · mountains · backcountry · open country · the wild

physical activity spaces vs sedentary/intellectual spaces

gymnasiumslibraries

Public book lending institutions

study halls · classrooms · lecture halls · reading rooms · offices

Family

gymnasium

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G