slaving

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

Example Sentences

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At the time Bristol was a major slaving port.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

If I had a portrait of Akroma-Ampim to display, I would tell people what I know of him, including his role within a culture and economy of slaving.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

“It’s about time; they’ve been slaving and grinding so hard and not being able to reap those benefits,” De La Haye said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

I thought of quiet Hatun, my older brother, slaving away on the distant roads.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

slaving

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