Synonyms of grubbed

grubbed

verb

past tense of grub

as in wrought

to devote serious and sustained effort

grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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