Synonyms of digs (away)

digs (away)

verb

present tense third-person singular of dig (away)

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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