Exertion

Synonyms for exertion
noun hard work

strain
operation
employment
endeavor
use
utilization
stretch

effort
labor
application
exercise
travail
toil
struggle

trouble
attempt
industry
trial
activity
action
elbow grease

pains
striving
hard pull
long pull

Antonyms for exertion

idleness
inaction
inactivity
misuse

laziness
entertainment
fun
happiness

indolence
inertia
unemployment
peace

Concept Thesaurus for word exertion
1. Simple voluntary action
Synonyms – noun

exertion
pull
struggle
stroke of work
heft
wear and tear
hard work
work
sweat of one’s brow
fagging
operosity.
resolution

effort
stress
spell
stitch of work.
gymnastics
ado
warm work
toil
swink
hammering
trouble
energy (physical)

strain
throw
spurt
“a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together”
exercise
toil and trouble
harvest time.
travail
drudgery
limae labor
pains

tug
stretch
spirt
dead lift
exercitation
uphill work
labor
manual labor
slavery
operoseness
duty

Synonyms – verbs

exert oneself
labor
sweat
drag a lengthened chain
pull
tug at the oar
take trouble
put forth one’s strength
buckle to
work like a galley slave
redouble one’s efforts
sit up
fight one’s way
do one’s best
do all one can
use one’s best endeavor
play one’s best card
put all one’s strength into
go all lengths

exert one’s energies
work
fag
wade through
tug
do the work
trouble oneself.
put forth a strong arm
set one’s shoulder to the wheel (resolution)[more]
work like a coal heaver
do double duty
burn the candle at both ends
lay about one
do one’s level best
do all in one’s power
use one’s utmost endeavor
put one’s best leg foremost
strain every nerve
go through fire and water (resolution)

tax one’s energies
toil
drudge
strive
ply
take the laboring oar
work hard
fall to work
work like a horse
labor day and night
work double hours
stick to (persevere)
hammer at.
do one’s utmost
do as much as in one lies
try one’s best
put one’s right leg foremost
spare no efforts
move heaven and earth

use exertion.
moil
slave
stretch a long arm
ply the oar
bestir oneself (be active)
rough it
bend the bow
work like a cart horse
work day and night
work double tides
work one’s way
take pains
do the best one can
do what lies in one’s power
try one’s utmost
have one’s whole soul in his work
spare no pains
leave no stone unturned.

Synonyms – adjectives

laboring
strained
uphill
hardworking
hard at work

laborious
toilsome
herculean
painstaking
on the stretch.

operose
troublesome
gymnastic
strenuous

elaborate
wearisome
palestric.
energetic.

Synonyms – phrases
aide-toi le ciel t’aidera; “and still be doing, never done” [Butler]; buen principio la mitad es hecha; cosa ben fatta e’ fatta due volie; “it is better to wear out than to rust out” [Bp. Horne]; labor omnia vincit [Vergil]; “labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven” [Carlyle]; le travail du corps delivre
Antonyms

repose

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