work

Synonyms

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), yield;

Near Antonyms

impede, limit, restrict;

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress;

arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard;

abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench;

Related Words

conduce (to), contribute (to);

decide, determine;

begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start;

advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote;

enact, render, turn out;

Phrases

bring forth, give rise to;

Synonyms

effort, elbow grease, exertion, expenditure, labor, pains, sweat, trouble, while;

Near Antonyms

adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness;

dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence;

Related Words

drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail;

dint, energy;

force, might, muscle, power, puissance;

attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack;