Work

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Labour

Synonyms Labour, exertion, slog, the sweat of one's brow, service, sweat, spadework, graft, yakka, moil, toil, effort, drudgery, industry, grind, donkey work, elbow grease, fag, and travail.

Employment

Synonyms Employment, day job, position, means of earning one's living, profession, business, line, calling, job, post, situation, occupation, career, trade, vocation, and employ.

Tasks

Synonyms Tasks, duties, commissions, chores, jobs, assignments, and projects.

Handiwork

Synonyms Handiwork, act, feat, doing, deed, and performance.

Composition

Synonyms Composition, creation, accomplishment, opus, piece, achievement, work of art, and oeuvre.

Writings

Synonyms Writings, canon, oeuvre, and output.

Factory

Synonyms Factory, manufacturing complex, foundry, industrial unit, workshop, plant, mill, yard, business unit, and shop.

Mechanism

Synonyms Mechanism, workings, parts, action, insides, machinery, working parts, movement, and innards.

Everything

Synonyms Everything, the lot, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole ball of wax, the full treatment, the whole shooting match, the whole shebang, and the full monty.

Toil

Synonyms Toil, exert oneself, plod away, work like a Trojan/dog, keep at it, beaver away, peg away, work one's guts out, knock oneself out, kill oneself, fag, drudge, moil, labour, slave (away), work one's fingers to the bone, work day and night, slog (away), plug away, put one's back into something, work one's socks off, sweat blood, graft, bullock, and travail.

Be employed

Synonyms Be employed, earn one's living, do business, have a job, hold down a job, and follow/ply one's trade.

Function

Synonyms Function, run, perform, behave, go, operate, and be in working order.

Operate

Synonyms Operate, handle, manipulate, drive, direct, wield, use, control, manoeuvre, run, and ply.

Succeed

Synonyms Succeed, work out, go as planned, get results, take effect, come off, do the trick, turn the trick, be successful, turn out well, have the desired result, be effective, be efficacious, pay off, and do the business.

Bring about

Synonyms Bring about, achieve, do, carry out, execute, engender, effect, accomplish, produce, perform, implement, create, and contrive.

Knead

Synonyms Knead, form, fashion, model, stir, squeeze, shape, mould, mix, and blend.

Cultivate

Synonyms Cultivate, till, exploit, farm, and plough.

Manoeuvre

Synonyms Manoeuvre, negotiate, edge, thread, weave, manipulate, guide, make, and wind.

Twitch

Synonyms Twitch, twist, convulse, quiver, and move spasmodically.

Excite

Synonyms Stir (up), drive, spur, fire, whip up, incite, excite, move, rouse, galvanize, inflame, and agitate.

Example Sentences

"He has completed the work.

" "They discuss work every morning.

" "Work brings people together daily.

" "Her work was highly praised.