Synonyms of toiled

toiled

verb

past tense of toil

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• slaved
• tugged
• strove
• hustled
• plowed
• grubbed
• sweat
• slogged
• plodded
• dug (away)
• travailed
• drudged
• humped
• fagged
• pegged (away)
• plugged
• strained
• banged away
• beavered (away)
• moiled
• applied (oneself)
• sweat blood
• essayed
• attacked
• hammered (away)
• exerted
• buckled (down)
• exercised
• pitched in
• drove
• scratched
• dug in
• trudged
• waded
• overworked
• scrabbled
• eked out
• knuckled down
• ground (out)
• overexerted
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• lounged
• idled
• eased (up)
• loafed
• shirked
• dallied
• chilled
• lazed
• rested
• let up
• basked
• hung (around or out)
• lolled
• played
• reposed
• bummed
• hacked (around)
• hung
• slacked (off)
• relaxed
• goofed (off)
• dabbled
• unwound
• trifled
• dillydallied
• goldbricked
• doodled
• footled
• vegged out
• fooled around
• puttered (around)
• messed around
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of toiled

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. —Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2026

First baseman Betsy Jack and most of her nine fellow seniors on this year’s roster toiled largely in the background for a record-setting season in 2025 as Oswego won the program’s first state title. —Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026

For more than 20 years, county officials have planned for, and toiled with, what to do with the rare swath of developable land outside of Yuba City, as most of the unincorporated county has been designated as too flood prone for development. —Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Chavez was positioned as the Christlike figure who toiled for all of us at great personal cost and thus was anointed the face of the farmworkers movement. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026

Buendia toiled for regular minutes and Leverkusen, unsurprisingly, decided against making the purchase. —Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026

The Ducks’ fourth line toiled low in the zone, and after the Jets hustled to avert the threat there, Trouba’s ostensibly harmless fling from the far corner found the net, appearing to hit Winnipeg defenseman Ville Heinola’s stick first. —Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani thanked 2,600 Department of Sanitation workers and other city employees, many who toiled in 12-hour shifts, for helping America's biggest city return to a semblance of normalcy. —Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026

Thompson sat dutifully inside the Agency house and toiled away with his quills and letter paper. —Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026