hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.

a laborious task.

Archaic . battle; strife; struggle.

to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously

to toil in the fields.

to move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain.

to accomplish or produce by toil.

noun

entertainment , fun , pastime

verb

idle , laze , neglect

noun

application , drudgery , effort , exertion , industry , labor , moil , nine-to-five , occupation , pains , sweat , travail , work

verb

drive , drudge , grind , knock oneself out , labor , moil , peg away , plod , plug , push oneself , slave , strain , strive , struggle , sweat , tug , work , work like a dog , fag , travail , slog , slop , trudge , wade , battle , drudgery , effort , industry , knell , overwork , pains , snare , strife