chore

chore

noun \ˈchȯr\

Definition of CHORE

1

plural : the regular or daily light work of a household or farm

2

: a routine task or job

3

: a difficult or disagreeable task <doing taxes can be a real chore>

Examples of CHORE

1. The children were each assigned different household chores.
2. I liked the simple chore of bringing in the firewood.
3. Doing taxes can be a real chore.
4. That movie is a chore to sit through.

Origin of CHORE

alteration of chare

First Known Use: 1746

Related to CHORE

Synonyms: assignment, duty, job, task

Related Words: chare (or char); endeavor, enterprise, project, stint, undertaking; care, charge, commission, responsibility; function, mission, office, operation, post; errand; circuit, round, route

Near Antonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, setup, snap

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Rhymes with CHORE

boar, Boer, bore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your