CHORES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

chores

noun

plural of chore

as in tasks

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly everyone in this household is expected to do weekly chores

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as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work cleaning everything out of the attic was a real chore

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Recent Examples of chores If your house is already tidy, you might be tempted to skip a few chores on the weekend—and that's totally ok! — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 3 July 2026 Don't let chores get in the way of your Fourth of July celebrations. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026 Laundry is one of those chores that feels absolutely never-ending. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 July 2026 For couples, there are disputes about money, chores and parenting practices. — Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Other reuses include pest control, landscaping, and winter chores. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026 Most demos revolve around small chores like organizing files or generating a daily dashboard — but those use cases are not worth the money. — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 But Hurst cautioned that robotic development is still several decades away from creating robots smart enough to operate safely around children or help with household chores. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 Chinese humanoid makers pay companies like X-Humanoid up to $150 an hour for physical interaction data, depending on the complexities of these chores, said Jiang Weilai, head of the facility X-Humanoid. — John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

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Boston Dynamics said the same AI training methods used to teach Atlas celebratory football movements are also being applied to warehouse automation and manufacturing tasks.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
According to Argentina’s Ministry of Defense, the dogs are trained to operate in complex disaster environments and perform two critical tasks alongside their handlers – locating survivors and recovering victims trapped beneath collapsed structures.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of tasks

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome causes fatigue, fever, muscle aches, abdominal problems, headaches, chills and dizziness in the early stages, and late symptoms include chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath and lungs filling with fluid.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Americans who have health insurance say prior authorization is the healthcare system’s biggest burden, causing administrative headaches while care is kept out of reach.

— Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of headaches

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On Friday, Ohtani handed back over pitch-calling duties, communicating with head shakes and nods instead of the PitchCom buttons on his arm.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Kiss will officially take over on July 20 and is currently concluding his duties with the Queensland Reds Super Rugby side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of duties

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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.

— Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Employers added 57,000 jobs last month, about half of what economists had expected.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 2 July 2026