All gruntwork synonyms

noun gruntwork

• energy — The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
• industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
• job — the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
• diligence — constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
• drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
• effort — exertion of physical or mental power: It will take great effort to achieve victory.
• endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
• endeavour — Standard spelling of endeavor.
• exercise — training, homework
• exertion — Physical or mental effort.
• moonlight — the light of the moon.
• operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
• pains — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
• pull — pull media
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
• stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
• dirty work — disagreeable, often tedious tasks.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• chore — A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
• grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• labour — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• sweat — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
• toil — Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
• travail — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
• workout — a trial or practice session in athletics, as in running, boxing, or football.
• backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
• daily grind — everyday work routine
• rat race — any exhausting, unremitting, and usually competitive activity or routine, especially a pressured urban working life spent trying to get ahead with little time left for leisure, contemplation, etc.
• undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
• employment — The condition of having paid work.