Synonyms of sweats

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noun

plural of sweat

1

as in works

the active use of energy in producing a result

save your sweat: no one will appreciate your efforts anyway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• works
• efforts
• pains
• exertions
• expenditures
• troubles
• energies
• labors
• whiles
• toils
• muscles
• elbow grease
• tries
• goes
• strains
• powers
• slogs
• forces
• travails
• grinds
• attempts
• endeavors
• passes
• drudgeries
• dints
• essays
• stabs
• flings
• mights
• trials
• puissances
• shots
• whacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eases
• facilities
• fluencies
• inertias
• inactions
• inactivities
• quiescences
• dormancies
• languors
• indolences

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as in fatigues

very hard or unpleasant work

it took years of sweat to bring the farm to the point where it is now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatigues
• labors
• efforts
• pains
• toils
• grinds
• exertions
• struggles
• drudgeries
• drudges
• slaveries
• troubles
• moils
• travails
• responsibilities
• donkeyworks
• jobs
• obligations
• duties
• chores
• treadmills
• spadeworks
• routines
• tediums

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plays
• fun
• sports
• rests
• eases
• relaxations
• reposes
• entertainments
• amusements
• diversions
• recreations
• dalliances
• decompressions
• leisures
• inertias
• inactivities
• dormancies

3

as in huffs

a state of nervous or irritated concern

he always ends up in a sweat during tax season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huffs
• panics
• fusses
• swelters
• tizzies
• frets
• flusters
• stews
• lathers
• twitters
• dithers
• pothers
• swivets
• deliriums
• agitations
• alarms
• hysterias
• alarums
• dudgeons
• piques
• hand-wringings
• distractions
• furors
• nervous breakdowns
• ados
• bothers
• uproars

sweats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sweat

1

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggles
• labors
• strives
• works
• toils
• endeavors
• tugs
• tries
• slaves
• hustles
• plows
• humps
• fags
• plugs
• sweats blood
• slogs
• grubs
• pegs (away)
• digs (away)
• strains
• plods
• drudges
• bangs away
• moils
• travails
• beavers (away)
• buckles (down)
• attacks
• hammers (away)
• scratches
• exercises
• pitches in
• knuckles down
• applies (oneself)
• overworks
• drives
• exerts
• essays
• wades
• grinds (out)
• digs in
• trudges
• scrabbles
• ekes out
• overexerts
• puts out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• slackens
• chills
• eases (up)
• bums
• lazes
• slacks (off)
• lets up
• idles
• rests
• lounges
• shirks
• loafs
• hangs (around or out)
• goldbricks
• relaxes
• dallies
• goofs (off)
• dillydallies
• lolls
• basks
• hacks (around)
• unwinds
• reposes
• plays
• hangs
• footles
• dabbles
• fribbles
• doodles
• vegges out
• trifles
• veges out
• fools around
• goofs (around)
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• messes around
• hangs about
• putters (around)

2

as in worries

to experience concern or anxiety

don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worries
• troubles
• fears
• stresses
• frets
• stews
• fusses
• sweats blood
• bothers
• cares a hang
• agonizes
• longs
• gives a hang
• pines
• yearns
• chafes
• despairs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• takes
• endures
• bears
• tolerates
• sustains
• abides
• sticks out
• stomachs

3

as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings

the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drips
• flows
• seeps
• weeps
• bleeds
• exudes
• percolates
• oozes
• transudes
• trickles
• strains
• dribbles
• emits
• emanates
• springs
• vents
• gives off
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• surges
• pours
• floods
• gushes

4

as in interrogates

slang to put a series of questions to

the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interrogates
• questions
• examines
• pumps
• grills
• quizzes
• catechizes
• queries
• debriefs
• canvases
• picks the brains of
• harasses
• gives the third degree to
• annoys
• pesters
• cross-questions
• cross-examines
• hounds
• canvasses
• polls