tasks

NOUN

job or chore, often assigned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assignment burden business duty effort exercise function project responsibility undertaking work

STRONG

bother calling charge employment enterprise errand gig grind grindstone headache labor load millstone mission nuisance occupation office onus pain province stint strain tax toil trouble vocation

WEAK

daily grind deadweight fun and games long row to hoe

Antonyms

STRONGEST

irresponsibility

STRONG

aid benefit blessing entertainment fun good health happiness health help hobby idleness inactivity pastime pleasure unemployment

VERB

assign, burden

Synonyms

STRONG

charge encumber entrust exhaust lade load oppress overload push saddle strain tax test weary weigh weight

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist exonerate help unburden

Example Sentences

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Tasks include evaluating medical-related answers from AI and reviewing AI-generated medical studies, according to a contract listing posted by the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Tasks such as working with the army are levellers for this group.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Tasks blurred together; it took longer to think of words.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

Tasks that previously took weeks to complete could now be completed in a matter of minutes, Siemens said.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023

An Æneid to translate, and make a new, Are Tasks of equal Labour to pursue.

From Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) by Cobb, Samuel