BEAVERED (AWAY) Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

beavered (away)

verb

past tense of beaver (away)

as in wrought

to devote serious and sustained effort he's been beavering away at the various courses for his dinner party all day long, hoping to impress his new friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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