digs (away)
verb
as in struggles
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
- struggles
- labors
- works
- bangs away
- pegs (away)
- strives
- moils
- tries
- tugs
- slaves
- plows
- endeavors
- sweats
- digs in
- toils
- drudges
- beavers (away)
- travails
- grubs
- plugs
- humps
- fags
- sweats blood
- hustles
- strains
- plods
- slogs
- hammers (away)
- knuckles down
- pitches in
- attacks
- ekes out
- essays
- overexerts
- scratches
- buckles (down)
- drives
- exercises
- exerts
- puts out
- applies (oneself)
- grinds (out)
- wades
- overworks
- trudges
- scrabbles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hangs (around or out)
- eases (up)
- lets up
- breaks
- slackens
- hacks (around)
- slacks (off)
- goofs (off)
- goldbricks
- chills
- lounges
- shirks
- idles
- bums
- dillydallies
- rests
- lazes
- loafs
- dallies
- reposes
- plays
- footles
- putters (around)
- goofs (around)
- relaxes
- unwinds
- hangs
- basks
- hangs about
- fribbles
- monkeys (around)
- fools around
- potters (around)
- messes around
- lolls
- dabbles
- veges out
- vegges out
- doodles
- trifles
- treaclier
- treacliest
- treacling
- treacly
- tread
- tread lightly
- tread on (someone's) toes
- tread on one's toes
- tread on someone's toes
- tread on the toes of
- tread on the toes of (someone)
- tread on the toes of someone
- tread on toes
- tread plate
- tread the boards
- tread water
- tread-softly
- treaded
- treader
- treaders
- treading
- treadings
- treadle
- treadled
- treadlers