beavered (away)
verb
as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort he's been beavering away at the various courses for his dinner party all day long, hoping to impress his new friends Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- labored
- struggled
- wrought
- worked
- banged away
- sweat blood
- tried
- plowed
- sweated blood
- slaved
- toiled
- tugged
- sweat
- grubbed
- dug (away)
- sweated
- humped
- moiled
- hustled
- travailed
- plugged
- endeavored
- drudged
- strived
- pegged (away)
- fagged
- strove
- knuckled down
- hammered (away)
- strained
- pitched in
- plodded
- slogged
- dug in
- applied (oneself)
- buckled (down)
- attacked
- eked out
- overexerted
- scratched
- exerted
- exercised
- overworked
- essayed
- put out
- drove
- waded
- scrabbled
- trudged
- ground (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- eased (up)
- broke
- hacked (around)
- slackened
- slacked (off)
- chilled
- hung (around or out)
- hanged (around or out)
- idled
- let up
- dallied
- loafed
- shirked
- goofed (off)
- lounged
- rested
- relaxed
- dillydallied
- lazed
- bummed
- goldbricked
- played
- pottered (around)
- basked
- reposed
- lolled
- unwound
- hung
- puttered (around)
- monkeyed (around)
- footled
- vegged out
- hanged
- trifled
- goofed (around)
- fooled around
- hung about
- dabbled
- doodled
- fribbled
- messed around
