toil

English Thesaurus

1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	work,
definition	:	activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	roping,
definition	:	capturing cattle or horses with a lasso (noun.act)

hyponym	:	corvee,
definition	:	unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes (noun.act)

hyponym	:	donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding,
definition	:	hard monotonous routine work (noun.act)

hyponym	:	effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail,
definition	:	use of physical or mental energy; hard work (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hunt, hunting,
definition	:	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hackwork,
definition	:	professional work done according to formula (noun.act)

hyponym	:	haymaking,
definition	:	cutting grass and curing it to make hay (noun.act)

hyponym	:	manual labor, manual labour,
definition	:	labor done with the hands (noun.act)

hyponym	:	overwork, overworking,
definition	:	the act of working too much or too long (noun.act)

hyponym	:	slavery,
definition	:	work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (noun.act)

2. work hard (verb.social)

hypernym	:	do work, work,
definition	:	be employed (verb.social)

3. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	drive, labor, labour, push, tug,
definition	:	strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)

derivation	:	dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail,
definition	:	work hard (verb.social)

derivation	:	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome,
definition	:	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all)

4. work hard (verb.social)

derivation	:	labor, labour, toil,
definition	:	productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding,
definition	:	hard monotonous routine work (noun.act)

derivation	:	effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail,
definition	:	use of physical or mental energy; hard work (noun.act)

derivation	:	labor, project, task, undertaking,
definition	:	any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)

derivation	:	drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon,
definition	:	a laborer who is obliged to do menial work (noun.person)

derivation	:	drudge, hack, hacker,
definition	:	one who works hard at boring tasks (noun.person)

derivation	:	jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer,
definition	:	someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun.person)

derivation	:	dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk,
definition	:	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious (noun.person)

derivation	:	toiler,
definition	:	one who works strenuously (noun.person)

5. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	drive, labor, labour, push, tug,
definition	:	strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)

derivation	:	dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail,
definition	:	work hard (verb.social)

derivation	:	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome,
definition	:	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all)

6. work hard (verb.social)

derivation	:	labor, labour, toil,
definition	:	productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding,
definition	:	hard monotonous routine work (noun.act)

derivation	:	effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail,
definition	:	use of physical or mental energy; hard work (noun.act)

derivation	:	labor, project, task, undertaking,
definition	:	any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)

derivation	:	drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon,
definition	:	a laborer who is obliged to do menial work (noun.person)

derivation	:	drudge, hack, hacker,
definition	:	one who works hard at boring tasks (noun.person)

derivation	:	jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer,
definition	:	someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun.person)

derivation	:	dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk,
definition	:	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious (noun.person)

derivation	:	toiler,
definition	:	one who works strenuously (noun.person)