Synonyms of toiling

toiling

verb

present participle of toil

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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