Synonyms of banged away

banged away

verb

past tense of bang away

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• pegged (away)
• dug (away)
• endeavored
• tried
• tugged
• sweat
• plowed
• toiled
• strove
• sweat blood
• grubbed
• hustled
• slaved
• humped
• moiled
• applied (oneself)
• plugged
• hammered (away)
• beavered (away)
• buckled (down)
• travailed
• strained
• fagged
• pitched in
• drudged
• dug in
• plodded
• slogged
• attacked
• eked out
• knuckled down
• ground (out)
• scratched
• exerted
• exercised
• put out
• drove
• essayed
• overworked
• overexerted
• waded
• trudged
• scrabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eased (up)
• let up
• slackened
• broke
• hung (around or out)
• hacked (around)
• slacked (off)
• chilled
• goofed (off)
• idled
• rested
• relaxed
• bummed
• lounged
• shirked
• loafed
• vegged out
• lazed
• dallied
• played
• dillydallied
• fooled around
• reposed
• goldbricked
• unwound
• hung
• messed around
• basked
• lolled
• footled
• goofed (around)
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• trifled
• dabbled
• doodled
• fribbled