Synonyms of beavers (away)

beavers (away)

verb

present tense third-person singular of beaver (away)

as in struggles

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

• struggles
• labors
• strives
• works
• pegs (away)
• digs (away)
• slaves
• endeavors
• tries
• hammers (away)
• tugs
• bangs away
• plows
• toils
• grubs
• sweats
• applies (oneself)
• humps
• plugs
• hustles
• fags
• sweats blood
• buckles (down)
• plods
• knuckles down
• moils
• strains
• drudges
• travails
• slogs
• pitches in
• grinds (out)
• attacks
• exerts
• ekes out
• essays
• exercises
• drives
• overexerts
• digs in
• scratches
• overworks
• wades
• trudges
• puts out
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eases (up)
• hangs (around or out)
• slackens
• slacks (off)
• hacks (around)
• breaks
• goldbricks
• dillydallies
• lets up
• chills
• dallies
• shirks
• rests
• lounges
• loafs
• bums
• idles
• lazes
• goofs (off)
• footles
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• relaxes
• monkeys (around)
• unwinds
• reposes
• plays
• lolls
• fribbles
• hangs
• basks
• veges out
• goofs (around)
• vegges out
• fools around
• messes around
• hangs about
• trifles
• dabbles
• doodles