Synonyms of fag

fag

verb

ˈfag 

1

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggle
• labor
• work
• strive
• slave
• tug
• try
• endeavor
• sweat
• plug
• hustle
• plow
• grub
• toil
• hump
• beaver (away)
• drudge
• bang away
• plod
• strain
• dig (away)
• sweat blood
• travail
• apply (oneself)
• peg (away)
• moil
• buckle (down)
• slog
• attack
• essay
• pitch in
• exercise
• hammer (away)
• eke out
• knuckle down
• grind (out)
• scratch
• drive
• exert
• dig in
• put out
• wade
• trudge
• scrabble
• overwork
• overexert

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break
• bum
• ease (up)
• lounge
• slacken
• let up
• chill
• idle
• hang (around or out)
• slack (off)
• hack (around)
• goof (off)
• rest
• shirk
• loaf
• relax
• laze
• play
• unwind
• loll
• hang
• bask
• repose
• goldbrick
• veg out
• trifle
• fool around
• doodle
• dally
• dillydally
• goof (around)
• footle
• dabble
• monkey (around)
• mess around
• hang about
• potter (around)
• putter (around)
• fribble

2

as in to wear

to use up all the physical energy of

the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wear
• kill
• exhaust
• tire
• drain
• bust
• weary
• harass
• waste
• break
• burn out
• wear out
• wash out
• knock out
• outwear
• fatigue
• wear to a frazzle
• tucker (out)
• frazzle
• sap
• weaken
• do in
• enfeeble
• do up
• debilitate
• enervate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• activate
• strengthen
• rest
• energize
• relax
• unwind
• rejuvenate
• invigorate
• vitalize

Phrases Containing fag

• fag end