Bother, aim, accomplishment, (hard) yakka, and application are all synonyms for effort. Laziness and neglect are these antonyms of effort. And here are another 73 synonyms for effort.
Effort Synonyms
1. attempt
- Aim
- Apply oneself
- Assay
- Attempt
- Bash
- Crack
- Do one's best
- Endeavour
- Essay
- Exert oneself
- Give it a burl
- Go
- Have a go/shot/crack/stab/bash
- Labour
- Seek
- Set out
- Shot
- Stab
- Strive
- Struggle
- Take it on oneself
- Toil
- Try
- Undertake
- Whack
- Work
- Give it a fly
2. achievement
- Accomplishment
- Achievement
- Attainment
- Coup
- Creation
- Deed
- Enterprise
- Exploit
- Feat
- Handiwork
- Master stroke
- Opus
- Performance
- Positive result
- Production
- Result
- Success
- Triumph
- Undertaking
- Work
- Stroke of genius
3. exertion
- (hard) yakka
- Application
- Bother
- Elbow grease
- Endeavour
- Energy
- Exertion
- Force
- Graft
- Labour
- Muscle
- Power
- Slog
- Strain
- Stress
- Striving
- Struggle
- Sweat
- The sweat of one's brow
- Toil
- Travail
- Trouble
- Work
- Moil