Synonyms of drudges

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noun

plural of drudge

1

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work

worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborers
• workers
• slaves
• toilers
• peons
• peones
• grubbers
• grubs
• pluggers
• grunts
• foot soldiers
• sloggers
• drudgers
• drones
• dogsbodies
• serfs
• workhorses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirkers
• idlers
• loafers
• slugs
• sluggards
• lazybones
• goldbricks
• slouches

2

as in labors

very hard or unpleasant work

it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

drudges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drudge

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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