Synonyms of bang away

bang away

verb

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

the design team has been banging away at that project for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggle
• labor
• strive
• work
• dig (away)
• endeavor
• try
• beaver (away)
• slave
• tug
• peg (away)
• plow
• sweat
• apply (oneself)
• toil
• sweat blood
• hustle
• buckle (down)
• plug
• strain
• hammer (away)
• grub
• hump
• travail
• pitch in
• plod
• drudge
• fag
• dig in
• grind (out)
• knuckle down
• attack
• essay
• moil
• eke out
• slog
• exercise
• put out
• exert
• drive
• scratch
• overwork
• wade
• overexert
• trudge
• scrabble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease (up)
• break
• hang (around or out)
• let up
• slacken
• hack (around)
• slack (off)
• goof (off)
• lounge
• bum
• chill
• rest
• idle
• shirk
• loaf
• veg out
• relax
• laze
• play
• fool around
• unwind
• repose
• bask
• goof (around)
• footle
• hang
• hang about
• mess around
• loll
• trifle
• potter (around)
• monkey (around)
• goldbrick
• putter (around)
• dillydally
• dally
• dabble
• doodle
• fribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bang away

One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024

To heat-style, blow-dry curtain bangs away from the face, sweeping them from side to side with a paddle brush. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 June 2026

The manager demonstrated how to use the rock hammers, and then people got to banging away, trying to find opals in the rock. — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024

Norton remembers banging away on his dad’s Smith Corona typewriter in the den. — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024

As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis. — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024

Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025

Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 June 2025