Object
Object noun - Something material that can be perceived by the senses.
Work
Work noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: the new Web application is the work of a pair of young but highly gifted programmers
How words are described
| physical | physical object | physical work |
| particular | particular object | particular work |
| similar | similar object | similar work |
| normal | normal object | normal work |
| Other adjectives: specific, current, original, single, actual, real, hard, main, important, new, given, different, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- When he's just trying to strengthen a random object, it's not going to work because the object is insufficiently sword-like.
Source: Crisis Makes Perfect - Pajama Sam: "I don't that'll work." "That's not gonna do me any good." And when you try to use a weapon-ish object (like a crowbar) on another object, he replies, "That would get me into trouble.".
Source: Informing the Fourth Wall -
Teleporters and Transporters: Transporters work by literally disassembling an object (or person) into energy, shooting it some distance away, and reassembling that object at the new location.
Source: Franchise / Star Trek
Cite this Source
Work and Object. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/object/work
Object & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/object/work>.
Work or Object. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/object/work.
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