Synonyms of the word

bodybuilding

• n. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
• n. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.

exercise

• n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
• n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
• n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
• n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
• n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
• v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
• v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
• v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
• v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
• v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

exercising

• v. present participle of exercise.
• n. The act by which something is exercised.

workout

• n. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
• n. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
• n. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.