Synonyms of beaver (away)

beaver (away)

verb

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

he's been beavering away at the various courses for his dinner party all day long, hoping to impress his new friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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