Work synonyms

Work synonyms such as fire, donkey work, business, assignments, act, accomplishment, canon, business unit, action, everything, beaver away, be employed, be in working order, control, be effective, accomplish, fashion, cultivate, edge, move spasmodically, drive, and excite. Work is a noun, and its antonyms are rest and leisure. Additionally, here are 207 synonyms and nearby words for work as well as words beginning with W, and Wo.

207 synonyms for work

1. labour

donkey work
drudgery
elbow grease
exertion
fag
graft
grind
labour
moil
slog
spadework
sweat
the sweat of one's brow
toil
travail
yakka

2. employment

calling
day job
employ
employment
line
means of earning one's living
occupation
profession
trade
vocation

3. tasks

assignments
chores
commissions
duties
jobs
projects
tasks

4. handiwork

deed
feat
handiwork

5. composition

creation
oeuvre
opus
work of art

6. writings

canon
oeuvre
writings

7. factory

business unit
factory
foundry
industrial unit
manufacturing complex
mill
workshop
yard

8. mechanism

innards
insides
machinery
parts
working parts
workings

9. everything

the full monty
the full treatment
the lot
the whole (kit and) caboodle
the whole ball of wax
the whole nine yards
the whole shebang
the whole shooting match

10. toil

beaver away
bullock
drudge
exert oneself
fag
graft
keep at it
kill oneself
knock oneself out
labour
moil
peg away
plod away
plug away
put one's back into something
slave (away)
slog (away)
sweat blood
toil
travail
work day and night
work like a Trojan/dog
work one's fingers to the bone
work one's guts out
work one's socks off

11. be employed

be employed
do business
earn one's living
follow/ply one's trade
have a job
hold down a job

12. function

be in working order
behave
operate

13. operate

control
manipulate
manoeuvre
operate
ply
wield

14. succeed

be effective
be efficacious
be successful
come off
do the business
do the trick
get results
go as planned
have the desired result
pay off
succeed
take effect
turn out well
turn the trick
work out

15. bring about

accomplish
bring about
carry out
contrive
engender
implement
produce

16. knead

blend
knead
mix
mould
shape
squeeze
stir

17. cultivate

cultivate
exploit
farm
plough
till

18. manoeuvre

edge
manipulate
manoeuvre
negotiate
thread
weave

19. twitch

convulse
move spasmodically
quiver
twist
twitch

20. excite

galvanize
incite
inflame
rouse
spur
stir (up)
whip up

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