Rig and Work

Rig

Rig verb - To provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity.

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Work and rig are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Rig".

Nearby Word: rigging

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Rig and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rig" instead a verb "Work".

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

old	old rig	old work
good	good rig	good work
similar	similar rig	similar work
complete	complete rig	complete work
Other adjectives: entire, bad, new, said, recent, modern.

part	rig part	work part
match	rig match	work match
system	rig system	work system
time	rig time	work time
Other words: way, machine, phone, gun.

Jayne mentions his guns don't work in vacuum, and they have to rig it up so that Vera has atmosphere so they can shoot a space-borne trap.

Source: Shown Their Work / Live-Action TV
The exception is the Tornado, which can be used to rig certain M3 fighters as bombers for anti-capital work.

Source: Scrappy Weapon
Black Lagoon: Revy's twin shoulder rig for her pistols wouldn't exactly work in real life.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Anime and Manga

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Work and Rig. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rig/work

Rig & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rig/work>.

Work or Rig. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rig/work.

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