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pick-and-shovel

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pick-and-shovel

requiring considerable physical or mental effort

she loves coming up with the "big idea" but hates the actual pick-and-shovel work of starting a new business

Synonyms of pick-and-shovel

arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill

Words Related to pick-and-shovel

abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky

bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying

annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious

grievous, grim, strict, stringent

brutal, cruel, inhuman, painful

Near Antonyms of pick-and-shovel

achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicated

comforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothing

accessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly

Antonyms of pick-and-shovel

cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding

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