DRUDGES Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of drudge

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits

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very hard or unpleasant work it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drudge

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

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Noun

Many worked as laborers in building projects in an era of Western colonial rule across much of Asia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Built in 1610 by Spanish and Indigenous laborers, the church was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt that drove Spanish colonizers out of the region for 12 years.

— Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of laborers

Noun

Teaching and coaching are labors of love passed down from Lee’s father, Robert, who spent his career coaching and teaching students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.

— PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Exclusion generates the prestige toward which unpaid labors strive.

— M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of labors

Noun

At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The platform at one point served more than 500,000 workers, also referred to as turkers, according to Amazon.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of workers

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The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of toils

Verb

This is all while Venus in Libra strives for justice, balance, cooperation and relationships that feel mutually considerate.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Chesney called Martin an unbelievable leader and said that his energy will give people a window into what his program strives to look like.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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