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work - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: labor, chore
Synonyms: assignment, attempt, commission, daily grind, drudge, drudgery, effort, elbow grease*, endeavor, exertion, grind, industry, job, muscle, obligation, performance, production, push, servitude, stint, stress, striving, struggle, sweat*, task, toil, travail, trial, trouble, undertaking, functioning, grindstone, moil, pains, salt mines, slogging
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be employed; exert oneself
Synonyms: buckle down*, carry on, dig, drive, drudge, freelance, hustle*, knuckle down*, labor, manage, manufacture, moonlight, ply, pursue, report, scratch, slave, slog*, specialize, strain, strive, sweat*, take on, toil, try, apply oneself, be gainfully employed, do a job, do business, earn a living, have a job, hold a job, moil, nine-to-five it, peg away, plug away, punch a clock
Antonyms: idle, relax, rest, laze
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business, occupation
Synonyms: activity, art, calling, commitment, contract, craft, do*, duty, employment, endeavor, gig*, grind*, industry, job, line, livelihood, métier, obligation, office, practice, profession, pursuit, racket*, responsibility, skill, slot*, stint, swindle, task, thing*, trade, vocation, walk, line of business, nine-to-five, specialization
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manipulate, operate
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, act, behave, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, control, create, direct, drive, effect, execute, force, function, go, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, progress, react, run, serve, take, tick, use, wield
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: achievement
Synonyms: act, application, article, composition, creation, deed, end product, function, handicraft, handiwork, oeuvre, opus, output, performance, piece, product, production
Antonyms: failure, loss
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cultivate, form
Synonyms: dig, dress, farm, fashion, handle, knead, labor, make, manipulate, mold, process, shape, tend, till, care for
Antonyms: destroy
Main Entry: aspiration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal, hope
Synonyms: aim, ambition, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning, ambitiousness, fire in the belly
Main Entry: avail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be of use; use
Synonyms: account, advantage, answer, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work, be adequate
Main Entry: burden
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental weight; stress
Synonyms: Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry
Antonyms: aid, help, relief
Main Entry: calling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chosen profession
Synonyms: art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig*, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work
Antonyms: amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation
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
Main Entry: engineer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: devise; bring about
Synonyms: angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through
Main Entry: essay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: try, attempt
Synonyms: aim, assay, endeavor, labor, offer, seek, strive, struggle, take on, test, toil, travail, undertake, venture, work, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have at it, make a run at, put to the test, take a stab at, take a whack at, try out
Antonyms: forget, neglect, pass, be idle
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: exploit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take advantage of; misuse
Synonyms: abuse, apply, bleed*, employ, exercise, finesse, fleece*, handle, jockey*, maneuver, manipulate, milk*, mine*, play*, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work, avail oneself of, capitalize on, cash in on, get mileage out of, impose upon, make capital of, make use of, play on, profit by, profit from, put to use
Main Entry: farm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: produce crops, raise animals
Synonyms: crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harvest, husband, landscape, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, work, bring under cultivation, harrow, homestead, look after, till the soil
Main Entry: fashion
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adjust, design, create
Synonyms: accommodate, adapt, build, carve, construct, contrive, cook up*, cut, devise, dream up*, erect, fabricate, fit, forge, form, frame*, make, manufacture, model, mold, plan, plot, produce, sculpture, shape, suit, tailor, turn out*, work, knock together, throw together
Main Entry: ferment
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: split into simpler substances; be agitated
Synonyms: boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, work, acidify, be violent, moil, stir up
Main Entry: formulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plan, specify systematically
Synonyms: codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up*, dream up*, evolve, express, forge, frame, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, phrase, prepare, put, systematize, vamp, work, work out, give form to, particularize, set down*
Main Entry: hammer away/hammer into
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: work hard at
Synonyms: continue, drudge, drum into*, endeavor, grind*, instruct, persevere, persist, repeat, work, drive home, drub into, grind into, impress upon, keep on, peg away, plug away, pound away, stick to, try hard, try repeatedly
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