Synonyms of moil

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noun

1

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• disturbance
• stir
• hurry
• turmoil
• fuss
• clatter
• noise
• storm
• fun
• racket
• ruction
• tumult
• to-do
• roar
• coil
• row
• clutter
• pother
• bustle
• shindy
• hurricane
• ado
• bother
• hurly
• hubbub
• furore
• whirl
• squall
• welter
• furor
• rumpus
• ruckus
• helter-skelter
• uproar
• hurry-scurry
• hoopla
• ballyhoo
• flurry
• kerfuffle
• hurly-burly
• pandemonium
• howl
• upheaval
• splore
• stew
• hoo-hah
• alarums and excursions
• zoo
• blather
• foofaraw
• corroboree
• hullabaloo
• bluster
• hoo-ha
• bobbery
• hurry-skurry
• outcry
• clamor
• din
• hubble-bubble
• williwaw
• unrest
• cacophony
• do
• disorder
• eruption
• hue and cry
• brawl
• outbreak
• fray
• flutter
• outburst
• mêlée
• fever
• scuffle
• lather
• fret
• tizzy
• hassle
• melee
• fracas
• dither
• flare-up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• stillness
• quiet
• tranquillity
• calm
• hush
• tranquility
• quietude
• order
• orderliness

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as in labor

very hard or unpleasant work

fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labor
• effort
• toil
• sweat
• drudgery
• grind
• slavery
• pains
• drudge
• fatigue
• exertion
• travail
• struggle
• trouble
• responsibility
• duty
• donkeywork
• job
• obligation
• tedium
• spadework
• chore
• treadmill
• routine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fun
• rest
• play
• ease
• leisure
• decompression
• relaxation
• recreation
• diversion
• repose
• amusement
• sport
• entertainment
• idleness
• inertia
• inactivity
• dormancy
• dalliance
• loafing
• inertness
• lolling
• goldbricking
• dallying
• lounging

moil

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verb

1

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to swirl

to be in a state of violent rolling motion

the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirl
• churn
• seethe
• boil
• whirl
• spin
• roil
• stir
• reel
• agitate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calm
• abate
• subside

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