working

adjective

  1. 1

    serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity

    discussed the working draft of a peace treaty

    they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects

  2. 2

    actively engaged in paid work

    the working population

    the ratio of working men to unemployed

  3. 3

    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

    in running (or working) order

    a functional set of brakes

  4. 4

    adopted as a temporary basis for further work

    a working draft

    a working hypothesis

  5. 5

    adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

    the party has a working majority in the House

    a working knowledge of Spanish

noun

  1. 1

    a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

Synonyms

Also useful for “working”:Scrabble