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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

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

ˈmȯi(-ə)l 

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moil

Noun

Through a stranger’s eyes, though, the UBA’s moil of laws and lore is a clear symptom of mental illness. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020

Verb

There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

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