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Main Entry:	effort
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	work, exertion
Synonyms:	accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling, force, go, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot, spurt, stab, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains
Antonyms:	hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity

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Main Entry:	accomplishment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something successfully done, completed
Synonyms:	ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, capability, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph, bringing about, carrying out, effecting
Antonyms:	defeat, failure, frustration, nullification

Main Entry:	achievement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something completed successfully; goal reached
Synonyms:	accomplishment, acquisition, act, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effort, enactment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory, acquirement, actualization, effectuation, encompassment
Antonyms:	defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence

Main Entry:	chore
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	task
Synonyms:	assignment, burden, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, stint, trial, tribulation, workout, KP, devoir, scutwork

Main Entry:	elbow grease
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard work
Synonyms:	blood sweat and tears, effort, exertion, labor, muscle, oomph, oomph*, physical effort, strain, strength, sweat, sweat of one's brow, toil, travail

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	endeavor
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	attempt to achieve something
Synonyms:	aim, all, best shot, crash project, dry run, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick, old college try, one's all, one's level best, push, shot, stab, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack, whirl, work
Notes:	an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort
Antonyms:	idleness, laziness

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Main Entry:	exertion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard work
Synonyms:	action, activity, application, attempt, effort, elbow grease*, employment, endeavor, exercise, industry, labor, operation, strain, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, trouble, use, hard pull, long pull, pains, utilization
Antonyms:	idleness, laziness

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	exploit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture

Main Entry:	feat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory
Antonyms:	failure, idleness, inaction

Main Entry:	propulsion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	force
Synonyms:	drive, effort, energy, impulse, momentum, muscle, power, pressure, punch, push, speed, steam, strength, stress, tension, thrust, velocity, full head of steam, horsepower

Main Entry:	struggle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard try; fight to win
Synonyms:	attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free-for-all, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul, roughhouse, row, scramble, skirmish, strife, striving, toil, trial, tussle, undertaking, work, wrangle, pains, set-to*
Antonyms:	giving in

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Main Entry:	task
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	job or chore, often assigned
Synonyms:	assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, function, gig, grind, headache, labor, load, millstone, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work, deadweight, fun and games, grindstone, long row to hoe
Antonyms:	entertainment, fun, pastime

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Main Entry:	toil
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard work
Synonyms:	application, drudgery, effort, exertion, industry, labor, occupation, sweat, travail, moil, nine-to-five, pains
Antonyms:	entertainment, fun, pastime

Main Entry:	try
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	attempt
Synonyms:	all one's got, best shot, bid, crack, dab, effort, endeavor, essay, fling, go, jab, pop, shot, slap, stab, striving, struggle, trial, undertaking, whack, whirl*
Antonyms:	abstention

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	undertaking
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	endeavor, attempt
Synonyms:	adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outfit, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing*, trial, try, venture, work, what one is into
Antonyms:	abstention

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Main Entry:	enterprise
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	adventure, undertaking
Synonyms:	action, activity, affair, attempt, baby, bag, bit, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, plan, plunge, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work, ballgame, big idea, biggie, pet project
Antonyms:	idleness, inactivity, unemployment

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Main Entry:	force
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	physical energy, power
Synonyms:	arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, effort, enforcement, extortion, fury, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, potency, potential, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, stuff, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, constrait, dynamism, exaction, full head of steam, horsepower, pains, pow, strong arm, subjection, what it takes
Antonyms:	weakness, powerlessness

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Main Entry:	labor
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	work, undertaking
Synonyms:	activity, chore, daily grind, diligence, drudgery, effort, employment, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, grind*, industry, job, moonlight, operation, pull, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, gruntwork, pains
Antonyms:	entertainment, fun

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	operation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	movement, working
Synonyms:	act, action, activity, affair, agency, application, bit, conveyance, course, deal, deed, doing, effect, effort, employment, engagement, enterprise, exercise, exertion, exploitation, force, handiwork, happening, influence, instrumentality, labor, manipulation, motion, movement, performance, play, procedure, proceeding, process, progress, progression, scene, service, transaction, trip, undertaking, use, work, workmanship, ballgame, carrying on, exercising, transference
Antonyms:	idleness, inaction, inutility, uselessness

Main Entry:	push
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	physical force
Synonyms:	advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exertion, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, thrust, weight, exerting, forcing, shoving, straining, thrusting
Antonyms:	pull