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Synonyms for drudgery

  • noun

Most common

toil grind chore fatigue

All synonyms

Noun

1. Toil

toil, grind, chore, fatigue, work, labor US, labour UK, task, donkey work, plodding

Other

tedium, taedium UK, slavery, swink dated, razzmatazz rare, drudgism dated rare

Antonyms

game, diversion, leisure

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

Related words

Is a kind of
exertion tedium work

Forms

Plural
drudgeries → toils, grinds, chores, fatigues…

Choose the right word

Drudgery or Work?

Drudgery is plodding, irksome, and often menial work.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • grind You need to take a step back from the daily grind.
  • fatigue He was pale with fatigue after his sleepless night.
  • chore Dishwashing is my least favorite household chore.
  • toil Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
  • slavery Well, my friend, it's called "modern-day" slavery.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
drudgerysteady
grindsteady
fatiguesteady
chorerising
toilsteady
slaveryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
work1, task1, toil1
5 letters
labor2, grind1, chore1, swink1
6 letters
labour2, tedium3
7 letters
slavery3, fatigue2, taedium
8 letters
plodding2, drudgism
10 letters
razzmatazz3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (labor2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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