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Synonyms for travailing
verb work very hard

plow
pound
travail
perform
dig

grind
muck
plod
slog
sweat

toil
slave
labor
hammer
schlepp

back to the salt mines
keep nose to grindstone
plug away

Antonyms for travailing

laze
avoid
dodge

hesitate
fill
idle

be lazy

Synonyms
verb try, attempt

assay
undertake
offer
work
labor
aim

toil
struggle
venture
test
travail
endeavor

seek
strive
take on
have a crack
have a go
have a shot

have at it
make a run at
put to the test
take a stab at
take a whack at
try out

Antonyms

laze
forget
idle

relax
rest
neglect

pass
be idle

Synonyms
verb oppose action, belief

force
combat
support
maintain
resist
continue
oppose
argue
withstand
traverse
bicker
wrangle
hassle

further
row
wage
uphold
contest
conduct
dispute
persevere
prosecute
squabble
travail
defy
persist

effect
struggle
strive
buck
repel
endure
buckle down
carry on
fall out
lay into
take on
engage in
exert oneself

hammer away
light into
make a stand against
push forward
put up an argument
spare no effort
stand up to
take pains
tangle with
toil on

Antonyms

surrender
ignore
comply
give in
concur
cease
uphold

let go
agree
neglect
yield
halt
stop
give up

leave
idle
quit
forget
make peace
believe

Synonyms
verb struggle; be in the dark

wallow
flop
stumble
plunge
travail
tumble
toss
flummox
lurch

snafu
labor
toil
fumble
thrash
grope
blunder
muddle
strive

foul up
go to pieces
screw up
bobble
pratfall
cast about
come apart at the seams
drop the ball
fall down

go at backwards
make a mess of
slip up
trip up
work at
miss one’s cue
stub one’s toe

Antonyms

laze
idle

do well
succeed

Synonyms
verb work very hard

toil
tend
sweat
strive
travail

plod
drive
grind
strain
struggle

drudge
slave
endeavor
cultivate
bear down

exert oneself
plug away
pour it on
work oneself to the bone

Antonyms

ignore
laze
neglect

idle
rest
be lazy

relax

Synonyms
verb labor

strive
travail
strain
work
drive
grind

plod
sweat
struggle
back
drudge
toil

slave
endeavor
tend
cultivate
tug
bear down

fag
exert oneself
plug away
pour it on
work oneself to the bone

Antonyms

laze
destroy
dissuade

ignore
idle
rest

discourage
be lazy
neglect