Synonyms of sweating

sweating

verb

present participle of sweat

1

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• struggling
• striving
• working
• toiling
• trying
• endeavoring
• tugging
• slaving
• hustling
• humping
• plowing
• grubbing
• straining
• slogging
• digging (away)
• plugging
• drudging
• plodding
• banging away
• pegging (away)
• moiling
• travailing
• fagging
• sweating blood
• exercising
• beavering (away)
• scratching
• applying (oneself)
• buckling (down)
• exerting
• attacking
• hammering (away)
• driving
• wading
• pitching in
• overworking
• trudging
• digging in
• overexerting
• essaying
• scrabbling
• grinding (out)
• knuckling down
• eking out
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• chilling
• lounging
• idling
• easing (up)
• loafing
• resting
• hanging (around or out)
• letting up
• shirking
• lazing
• bumming
• dallying
• lolling
• relaxing
• basking
• hacking (around)
• playing
• hanging
• slacking (off)
• goofing (off)
• unwinding
• reposing
• dillydallying
• goldbricking
• trifling
• footling
• dabbling
• vegging out
• doodling
• fooling around
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• fribbling

2

as in worrying

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

• worrying
• fretting
• fearing
• stressing
• stewing
• bothering
• troubling
• fussing
• sweating blood
• agonizing
• giving a hang
• pining
• longing
• yearning
• chafing
• despairing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• taking
• sustaining
• enduring
• tolerating
• bearing
• sticking out
• abiding
• stomaching

3

as in dripping

to flow forth slowly through small openings

the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• weeping
• flowing
• bleeding
• seeping
• oozing
• exuding
• percolating
• straining
• transuding
• trickling
• dribbling
• emanating
• emitting
• venting
• giving off
• springing
• discharging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouring
• streaming
• flooding
• surging
• gushing

4

as in interrogating

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

• interrogating
• examining
• questioning
• pumping
• grilling
• quizzing
• catechizing
• querying
• picking the brains of
• giving the third degree to
• debriefing
• harassing
• pestering
• cross-examining
• annoying
• hounding
• cross-questioning
• canvassing
• polling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sweating

Brad Idzik’s earliest football memories were sweating in the metal bleachers at the old Tampa Stadium when his dad was the Buccaneers’ coordinator of football administration. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Suede is also extremely breathable, keeping feet from sweating while working hard. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026

The upper features mesh paneling which creates airflow pockets to keep your feet from sweating during workouts, too. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026

Adam had been sweating in the overheated house for days, stressing his heart. — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

The air was already at blood heat outside, and the men were sweating freely. — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Heat cramps typically occur after exerting yourself in the heat and sweating a lot. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026

Cool mornings turn into hot days, which turn into chilly evenings, leaving you sweating, shivering, or both. — Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2026

So hot that the guy in the brown wig was visibly sweating through his sleeveless jean jacket. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026