Works meaning

What does “works” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“works” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: buildings for carrying on industrial labor.

works

buildings for carrying on industrial labor
“they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles”
Synonymsplant industrial plant
everything available; usually preceded by `the'
“we saw the whole shebang”
“a hotdog with the works”
Synonymswhole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works
performance of moral or religious acts
“salvation by deeds”
“the reward for good works”
Synonymsdeeds
the internal mechanism of a device
Synonymsworkings

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University