dig (away)
verb
as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- labor
- struggle
- work
- peg (away)
- bang away
- strive
- tug
- slave
- try
- sweat
- plow
- toil
- grub
- endeavor
- sweat blood
- dig in
- beaver (away)
- travail
- hump
- hustle
- plug
- drudge
- strain
- pitch in
- fag
- moil
- plod
- slog
- hammer (away)
- knuckle down
- attack
- buckle (down)
- apply (oneself)
- essay
- exercise
- scratch
- drive
- eke out
- exert
- overwork
- put out
- overexert
- grind (out)
- wade
- scrabble
- trudge
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ease (up)
- hang (around or out)
- break
- hack (around)
- slack (off)
- slacken
- let up
- goof (off)
- lounge
- rest
- bum
- chill
- idle
- loaf
- relax
- shirk
- veg out
- play
- footle
- laze
- unwind
- potter (around)
- bask
- repose
- goof (around)
- dally
- hang
- dillydally
- hang about
- putter (around)
- fool around
- loll
- monkey (around)
- mess around
- trifle
- goldbrick
- doodle
- fribble
- dabble
