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- [jim]
- /dʒɪm/
- /dʒɪm/
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- [jim]
- /dʒɪm/
Definitions of gym word
- noun gym a gymnasium. 1
- noun gym Informal. physical education. 1
- abbreviation GYM gymnasium 1
- noun gym school: class 1
- abbreviation GYM gymnastics 1
- countable noun gym A gym is a club, building, or large room, usually containing special equipment, where people go to do physical exercise and get fit. 0
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Origin of gym
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; by shortening
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Parts of speech for Gym
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gym popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gym usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gym
noun gym
- square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stadium — a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- park — Mungo [muhng-goh] /ˈmʌŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1806? Scottish explorer in Africa.
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
Antonyms for gym
noun gym
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- repose — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
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