Reason
Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Work
Work verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Usage example: finally figured out how to work the math problem
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| known | known reason | known work |
| good | good reason | good work |
| best | best reason | best work |
| particular | particular reason | particular work |
| Other adjectives: better, similar, specific, original, true, legitimate, single, actual, entire, real, little, main, important, new, major, less, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Doesn't work, but it winds up that the reason it doesn't work was because he also thought he'd get in trouble for dumping her.
Source: Please Dump Me - Occasionally you have a character designed by the creator, but for whatever reason, isn't included in the original work, but instead turns up in an adaptation of the original work.
Source: God-Created Canon Foreigner - Unfortunately for Atlas it doesn't work, for the same reason that it probably wouldn't work if you tried to verbally undermine a dog's sense of self-confidence with a lecture in real life.
Source: Break Them by Talking
Cite this Source
Work and Reason. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/work
Reason & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/work>.
Work or Reason. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/work.
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