Happening and Work

Happening

Happening noun - An exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand.

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Work and happening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Happening".

Nearby Words: happen, happened

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Happening and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happening" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

good	good happening	good work
specific	specific happening	specific work
real	real happening	real work
little	little happening	little work
Other adjectives: bad, main, important.

Real Life Writes the Plot: His work is very autobiographical and events happening during the drawing of his comics sometimes are worked in the plot.

Source: Creator / Art Spiegelman
Meanwhile, other strange phenomena are happening across the country, and it soon becomes apparent that an alien force is at work.

Source: Video Game / EarthBound Beginnings
Kill the Poor: Not directly, of course, but this is what ends up happening to most of Raccoon's "work force".

Source: Video Game / A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky

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Work and Happening. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/work

Happening & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/work>.

Work or Happening. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/work.

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