Thesaurus / work
FEEDBACKsynonyms for work
synonyms for work
- effort
- endeavor
- industry
- job
- performance
- production
- struggle
- task
- trial
- assignment
- attempt
- commission
- drudge
- drudgery
- exertion
- functioning
- grind
- grindstone
- moil
- muscle
- obligation
- pains
- push
- servitude
- slogging
- stint
- stress
- striving
- sweat
- toil
- travail
- trouble
- undertaking
- daily grind
- elbow grease
- salt mines
- duty
- task
- art
- office
- industry
- practice
- trade
- thing
- job
- responsibility
- activity
- skill
- employment
- endeavor
- slot
- do
- livelihood
- obligation
- calling
- profession
- commitment
- contract
- walk
- gig
- craft
- pursuit
- grind
- racket
- line
- vocation
- stint
- swindle
- métier
- specialization
- line of business
- nine-to-five
- function
- product
- creation
- production
- act
- performance
- piece
- oeuvre
- handicraft
- opus
- application
- article
- output
- deed
- composition
- handiwork
- end product
- pursue
- manage
- drive
- try
- toil
- strive
- manufacture
- specialize
- slave
- scratch
- freelance
- dig
- ply
- labor
- moonlight
- strain
- slog
- sweat
- drudge
- report
- moil
- hustle
- buckle down
- carry on
- knuckle down
- take on
- apply oneself
- be gainfully employed
- do a job
- do business
- earn a living
- have a job
- hold a job
- nine-to-five it
- peg away
- plug away
- punch a clock
- function
- use
- manage
- run
- perform
- create
- move
- serve
- drive
- accomplish
- take
- act
- go
- handle
- implement
- carry out
- achieve
- control
- maneuver
- execute
- force
- contrive
- wield
- direct
- ply
- effect
- react
- behave
- progress
- tick
- cause
- bring about
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing 
antonyms for work
MOST RELEVANT
- failure
- unemployment
- irresponsibility
- loss
- recreation
- hobby
- avocation
- inactivity
- hate
- ignorance
- laziness
- indolence
- idleness
- pastime
- fun
- entertainment
- rest
- relax
- forget
- neglect
- let go
- abandon
- lose
- give up
- receive
- discourage
- stay
- stop
- halt
- fail
- mismanage
- idle
- destroy
- laze
- ignore
- discontinue
- refuse
- refrain
- dissuade
- pause
- cease
- abstain
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING work
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
WHEN TO USE
What are other ways to say work?
Work is the general word for exertion of body or mind, and it may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker’s health.
How to use work in a sentence
I worked very loyally for him to do everything I could for him.
FORMER PENCE AIDE SAYS SHE WILL VOTE FOR BIDEN BECAUSE OF TRUMP’S ‘FLAT OUT DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE’ DURING PANDEMICJOSH DAWSEYSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTBoth are recovering well after their surgeries and are already back to work.
A WELCOME LIFELINEWASHINGTON REGIONAL TRANSPLANT COMMUNITYSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEThe NBCU spokesperson said the company would work with each advertiser to decide how the data would be used and managed.
NBCUNIVERSAL TESTS NEW MEASUREMENT PROGRAM TO PROVE IT CAN PUSH PRODUCT SALES FOR ADVERTISERSTIM PETERSONSEPTEMBER 17, 2020DIGIDAYIt works with the full-sized Smart Keyboard and the new Logitech keyboards.
APPLE JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW IPAD, IPAD AIR, AND APPLE WATCH SERIES 6STAN HORAZEKSEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEAt Fortune, we’ve worked to make business better since our founding 90 years ago.
ANNOUNCING FORTUNE CONNECT, OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITYALAN MURRAYSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEIf one tactic doesn’t work, flag it, drop it and try something different.
DEEP DIVE: HOW THE SUMMER OF 2020 FORCED BRAND MARKETING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTERJIM COOPERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020DIGIDAYHe oversees the business side of Apple’s video efforts and leads work on Apple News, Apple Books, iCloud and the company’s advertising platforms.
APPLE’S LEADERSHIP EVOLVES AHEAD OF A POST-TIM COOK ERARADMARYASEPTEMBER 12, 2020FORTUNEEveryone could work however they wanted to maximize what they were bringing to the company.
WHAT IF YOUR COMPANY HAD NO RULES? (BONUS EPISODE)MARIA KONNIKOVASEPTEMBER 12, 2020FREAKONOMICS“You’re just a cog and we can get a new one,” is how one former employee described working at Kirkhill, a Transdigm company in Orange County, California.
THE BIG CORPORATE RESCUE AND THE AMERICA THAT’S TOO SMALL TO SAVEBY LYDIA DEPILLIS, JUSTIN ELLIOTT AND PAUL KIELSEPTEMBER 12, 2020PROPUBLICASleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
AUGUST 5, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO WORK
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.