| Main Entry: | toil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
Synonyms: |
drive, drudge, grind, knock oneself out, labor, moil, peg away, plod, plug, push oneself, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tug, work, work like a dog |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, neglect |
| Main Entry: | toil |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
amain, elaborate, energetic, epitonic, faffle, gymnastic, hard, hard at work, hardscrabble, industrious, insudate, laboriferous, laboring, laborious, laboristic, moliminous, on the stretch, operose, painstaking, palestric, panurgic, strained, strenuous, toilsome, troublesome, trusatile, uphill, wearisome, womanfully
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| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
back to the salt mines, dig, grind*, hammer*, keep nose to grindstone, labor, muck, perform, plod, plow, plug away, pound*, schlepp, slave, slog, sweat, toil, travail |
Antonyms: |
avoid, be lazy, dodge, hesitate, idle |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
Synonyms: |
aim, assay, endeavor, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have at it, labor, make a run at, offer, put to the test, seek, strive, struggle, take a stab at, take a whack at, take on, test, toil, travail, try out, undertake, venture, work |
Antonyms: |
be idle, forget, neglect, pass |
| Main Entry: | exert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make use of |
Synonyms: |
apply, apply oneself, bring into play, bring to bear, dig*, employ, endeavor, exercise, expend, give all one's got, give best shot, labor, make effort, peg away, plug*, ply, pour it on, push, put forth, put out, strain, strive, struggle, sweat it, throw, toil, try hard, use, utilize, wield, work |
| Main Entry: | flounder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | struggle; be in the dark |
Synonyms: |
blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, flop, flummox, foul up, fumble, go at backwards, go to pieces, grope, labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss one's cue, muddle, plunge, pratfall, screw up, slip up, snafu, strive, stub one's toe, stumble, thrash, toil, toss, travail, trip up, tumble, wallow, work at |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
Antonyms: |
do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
drudge, grind, labor, moil, plod, slave, slog, sweat, toil |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, tinker |
| Main Entry: | keep at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
Synonyms: |
be steadfast, carry on, complete, drudge, finish, grind, labor, last, maintain, persevere, persist, remain, slave, stay, stick, toil |
Antonyms: |
discontinue, give in, give up |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
bear down, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, exert oneself, grind, plod, plug away, pour it on, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, work oneself to the bone |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, relax |
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
Synonyms: |
clump, drag, flounder, hike, lumber, plug, schlepp, slog, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow |
Antonyms: |
tiptoe, walk lightly |