Synonyms of sweat

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noun

1

as in effort

the active use of energy in producing a result

save your sweat: no one will appreciate your efforts anyway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• effort
• work
• pains
• exertion
• expenditure
• energy
• labor
• trouble
• while
• toil
• elbow grease
• drudgery
• strain
• muscle
• power
• try
• slog
• dint
• attempt
• grind
• travail
• might
• endeavor
• pass
• go
• essay
• stab
• force
• trial
• puissance
• fling
• shot
• whack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• facility
• smoothness
• fluency
• inertia
• laziness
• idleness
• indolence
• inactivity
• inaction
• adroitness
• dormancy
• quiescence
• languor

2

as in labor

very hard or unpleasant work

it took years of sweat to bring the farm to the point where it is now

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in fear

an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble

my boss told me not to get in a sweat about the accident—she'd make sure I wasn't blamed for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fear
• worry
• anxiety
• concern
• unease
• concernment
• nervousness
• agitation
• uneasiness
• tension
• fearfulness
• perturbation
• apprehension
• stress
• discomfort
• uncertainty
• disquietude
• disquiet
• care
• anxiousness
• solicitude
• panic
• desperation
• anguish
• apprehensiveness
• doubt
• nervosity
• dread
• agita
• strain
• distress
• tremor
• dismay
• disturbance
• desperateness
• jitters
• consternation
• angst
• torment
• alarm
• upset
• suspense
• vexation
• distraction
• compunction
• discomposure
• hand-wringing
• cold feet
• jumpiness
• edginess
• alarum
• franticness
• qualm
• misgiving
• presentiment
• scruple
• incertitude
• foreboding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• content
• unconcern
• ease
• peace
• contentment
• tranquillity
• calm
• relief
• tranquility
• serenity
• calmness
• quiet
• quietude
• easiness
• comfort
• peacefulness
• placidity
• consolation
• solace
• placidness
• tranquilness
• sereneness

4

as in huff

a state of nervous or irritated concern

he always ends up in a sweat during tax season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huff
• panic
• fuss
• fret
• swelter
• lather
• stew
• tizzy
• pother
• fluster
• swivet
• twitter
• dither
• pique
• delirium
• agitation
• hysteria
• bother
• dudgeon
• alarum
• alarm
• ado
• nervous breakdown
• hand-wringing
• distraction
• furor
• uproar

sweat

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verb

1

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to worry

to experience concern or anxiety

don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worry
• fear
• stress
• fret
• trouble
• stew
• bother
• care a hang
• sweat blood
• fuss
• give a hang
• long
• pine
• despair
• agonize
• yearn
• chafe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accept
• take
• endure
• bear
• tolerate
• sustain
• abide
• stomach
• stick out

3

as in to drip

to flow forth slowly through small openings

the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drip
• flow
• weep
• seep
• bleed
• ooze
• exude
• percolate
• strain
• transude
• trickle
• dribble
• emit
• emanate
• vent
• give off
• spring
• discharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stream
• pour
• flood
• gush
• surge

4

as in to interrogate

slang to put a series of questions to

the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interrogate
• question
• examine
• pump
• grill
• query
• catechize
• quiz
• pick the brains of
• annoy
• canvas
• give the third degree to
• debrief
• harass
• hound
• pester
• canvass
• cross-question
• cross-examine
• poll

Phrases Containing sweat

• no sweat
• sweat blood
• sweat out