Thesaurus:drudgery

Thesaurus

drudgery

English

Noun

Sense: distasteful, tedious, menial and exhausting work

Synonyms

• chores
• drudgery
• drudgework
• fatigue    [⇒ thesaurus] (military)
• razzmatazz (rare)
• scut
• scutwork
• swink (archaic)
• toil

Hyponyms

• corvee (historical)
• faggery (UK, historical)

Hypernyms

• exertion
• tedium    [⇒ thesaurus]
• toil
• work    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:wearisome

Further reading

• “686. exertion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “drudgery” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.