| Noun | 1. | working - a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | |
| Adj. | 1. | working - actively engaged in paid work; "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night"employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" | |
| 2. | working - adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish"practical - concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art" | |
| 3. | working - adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis"impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" | |
| 4. | working - (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"functioning - performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight" | |
| 5. | working - serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects"operative - being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" | |