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gym

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /d͡ʒɪm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪm
  • homophone: Jim
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

  • It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.
  • Gym is my favourite period in this school.
  • I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: health club, sports club
  • hit the gym
  • He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fitness center, health club, sports club

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Physical education class (PE class).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • gym teacher
  • gym class
  • She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
  • They played basketball in gym last week.
  • The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To go to the gym.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, India, South-Africa, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gymnasium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athletic facility

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gimnasium — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Albanian: palestër — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Arabic: صَالَة رِيَاضِيَّة (ṣāla riyāḍiyya) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Arabic: نادي (nādi) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Armenian: մարզասրահ (marzasrah) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Armenian: ջիմ (ǰim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Azerbaijani: idman zalı — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Belarusian: спартза́ла (spartzála) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Belarusian: трэнажо́рная за́ла (trenažórnaja zála) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Belarusian: спарты́ўная за́ла (spartýwnaja zála) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Bulgarian: гимнасти́чески сало́н (gimnastíčeski salón) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Burmese: အားကစားရုံ (a:ka.ca:rum) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Catalan: gimnàs — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體育館 /体育馆 (tǐyùguǎn) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健身房 (jiànshēnfáng) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Czech: posilovna — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Czech: posilka — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Czech: tělocvična — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Danish: fitnesscenter — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Danish: træningscenter — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Dutch: sportschool — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Esperanto: sportejo — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Esperanto: trejnejo — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Estonian: jõusaal — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Estonian: võimla — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Faroese: venjingarhøli — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Finnish: sali — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Finnish: kuntosali — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Finnish: punttisali — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Finnish: punttis — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: salle de gymnastique — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: gym — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: gymnase — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: salle de sport — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: salle de muscu — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • French: salle — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Galician: ximnasio — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Georgian: სატრენაჟორო დარბაზი (saṭrenažoro darbazi) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Georgian: სპორტდარბაზი (sṗorṭdarbazi) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • German: Fitnessstudio — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • German: Gym — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • German: Turnhalle — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • German: Gymnastikraum — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Greek: γυμναστήριο (gymnastírio) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hebrew: חֲדַר כֹּשֶׁר (ẖadár kósher) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hebrew: מְכוֹן כֹּשֶׁר (machón kósher) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hindi: व्यायामशाला (vyāyāmśālā) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hindi: जिम (jim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hindi: जिमख़ाना (jimxānā) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Hungarian: edzőterem — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Icelandic: líkamsræktarstöð — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Irish: ionad aclaíochta — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Irish: seomra aclaíochta — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Italian: palestra — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Japanese: 体育館 (taiikukan) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Japanese: ジム (jimu) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Kazakh: спортзал (sportzal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Kazakh: спорт залы — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Korean: 체육관 (cheyukgwan) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Korean: 헬스장 (helseujang) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Latvian: vingrošanas zāle — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Latvian: trenažieru zāle — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Lithuanian: sporto salė — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Macedonian: вежба́лна (vežbálna) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Macedonian: терета́на (teretána) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Marathi: व्यायामशाळा (vyāyāmśāḷā) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Marathi: जिम (jim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: treningssenter — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treningssenter — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْگاه (varzešgâh) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Iranian Persian: سالُنِ وَرْزِش (sâlon-e varzeš) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Iranian Persian: زورْخانِه (zurxâne) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْخانِه (varzešxâne) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Iranian Persian: باشْگاه (bâšgâh) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Polish: siłownia — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Polish: siłka — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Polish: fitness club — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Polish: pakernia — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Polish: pakownia — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Portuguese: ginásio — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Portuguese: academia — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Romanian: sală de gimnastică — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Russian: гимнасти́ческий зал (gimnastíčeskij zal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Russian: спортза́л (sportzál) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Russian: джим (džim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Russian: тренажёрный зал (trenažórnyj zal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Russian: кача́лка (kačálka) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: гимнастичка сала — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: терета̀на — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: вежбаоница — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: gimnastička sala — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: teretàna — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: vežbaonica — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Slovak: telocvičňa — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Slovak: posilňovňa — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Slovak: posilka — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Slovene: fitnes — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Spanish: gimnasio — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Swedish: gym — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Tagalog: himnasyo — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Tagalog: gymnasium — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Tajik: варзишгоҳ (varzišgoh) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Tajik: зали спорт — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Tajik: зали варзиш (zal-i varziš) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Thai: โรงยิม (roong-yim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Thai: ยิม (yim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Turkish: spor salonu — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Ukrainian: тренаже́рний зал (trenažérnyj zal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Ukrainian: спорти́вна за́ла (sportývna zála) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Ukrainian: гімнасти́чний зал (himnastýčnyj zal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Ukrainian: спортза́л (sportzál) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Ukrainian: спорти́вний зал (sportývnyj zal) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Urdu: وَرْزِش گاہ (varziś gāh) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Urdu: جِم (jim) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Urdu: وَرْزِش خانَہ (varziś xāna) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Urdu: جِم خانَہ (jim xāna) — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Uzbek: sportzal — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Uzbek: gimnastika zali — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Uzbek: sport zali — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Vietnamese: phòng thể dục — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Vietnamese: phòng tập thể dục — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Vietnamese: phòng thi đấu — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Volapük: turöp — sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise
  • Czech: tělesná výchova — physical education class
  • Czech: tělocvik — physical education class
  • Czech: tělovýchova — physical education class
  • Finnish: liikunta — physical education class
  • Finnish: liikka — physical education class
  • German: Sportunterricht — physical education class
  • Icelandic: íþróttir — physical education class
  • Icelandic: leikfimi — physical education class
  • Irish: corpoideachas — physical education class
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gym — physical education class
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsøving — physical education class
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gym — physical education class
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppsøving — physical education class
  • Polish: wychowanie fizyczne — physical education class
  • Polish: wuef — physical education class
  • Polish: gimnastyka — physical education class
  • Russian: физра́ (fizrá) — physical education class