Synonyms for Over-worked:

• adj.

  •elaborate (adjective)
  • thorough,
  • plush,
  • minute,
  • embellished,
  • exact,
  • labyrinthine,
  • extravagant,
  • ornamented,
  • complex,
  • detailed,
  • prodigious,
  • sophisticated,
  • careful,
  • busy,
  • overdone,
  • refined,
  • luxurious,
  • ostentatious,
  • with all the extras,
  • labored,
  • complicated,
  • high tech,
  • garnished,
  • fussy,
  • ornate,
  • many-faceted,
  • precise,
  • with all the options,
  • decorated,
  • showy,
  • perfected,
  • with bells and whistles,
  • fancy,
  • painstaking,
  • imposing,
  • posh,
  • elegant,
  • knotty,
  • skillful,
  • studied,
  • extensive,
  • highly wrought,
  • Overworked.
  •exploited (adjective)
  • taken advantage of,
  • oppressed,
  • abused,
  • Milked.
  •hackneyed (adjective)
  • outdated,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • outmoded,
  • pedestrian,
  • stock,
  • unoriginal,
  • old,
  • worn-out,
  • out-of-date,
  • banal,
  • old-hat,
  • tripe,
  • well-worn,
  • quotidian,
  • everyday,
  • conventional,
  • obsolete,
  • played-out,
  • timeworn,
  • trite,
  • stereotyped,
  • familiar tune,
  • stale,
  • old-saw,
  • common,
  • antiquated,
  • threadbare,
  • hokey,
  • moth-eaten,
  • commonplace,
  • corny,
  • old-chestnut.
  •overused (adjective)
  • warmed-over,
  • chain,
  • dull,
  • platitudinal,
  • used-up,
  • shopworn,
  • cornball,
  • uninspired,
  • musty,
  • routine,
  • old hat,
  • flat,
  • stereotypic,
  • ready-made,
  • prosaic,
  • bromidic,
  • stereotypical,
  • platitudinous,
  • ordinary,
  • jejune,
  • vapid,
  • set,
  • bathetic,
  • Mildewed.
  •overworked (adjective)
  • tense,
  • burned out,
  • under stress,
  • exhausted,
  • stressed out,
  • overtaxed,
  • strained,
  • overloaded,
  • stressed,
  • overburdened,
  • fatigued.
  •overwrought (adjective)
  • hyper,
  • tired,
  • steamed up,
  • high,
  • flipped out,
  • overexcited,
  • wired,
  • uneasy,
  • unstrung,
  • overstrung,
  • beside oneself,
  • hot under collar,
  • worn,
  • uptight,
  • hot-and-bothered,
  • neurotic,
  • strung-out,
  • stirred,
  • fired-up,
  • emotional,
  • on edge,
  • all shook up,
  • freaked-out,
  • nervous,
  • keyed-up,
  • excitable,
  • worked-up,
  • affected,
  • wound-up,
  • frantic,
  • distracted,
  • in a state,
  • spent,
  • agitated,
  • crazy.
  •pooped (adjective)
  • dead on one's feet,
  • drowsy,
  • drained,
  • wasted,
  • run-down,
  • out of gas,
  • beat,
  • done for,
  • done in,
  • tuckered out,
  • worn out,
  • bushed,
  • enervated,
  • drooping,
  • run ragged,
  • played out,
  • dog-tired,
  • Collapsing,
  • shot,
  • fried,
  • sleepy.
  •tired (adjective)
  • Pooped,
  • asleep,
  • bored,
  • empty,
  • narcoleptic,
  • flagging,
  • irked,
  • jaded,
  • distressed,
  • fed up,
  • petered out,
  • broken-down,
  • haggard,
  • faint,
  • fagged,
  • annoyed,
  • irritated,
  • exasperated,
  • droopy,
  • consumed,
  • sick of,
  • finished,
  • all in,
  • Prostrated.
  •tuckered out (adjective)
  • wiped out.
  •weary (adjective)
  • bone-tired,
  • sick,
  • had it,
  • indifferent,
  • disgusted,
  • discontented,
  • Punchy,
  • zonked,
  • Taxed,
  • impatient,
  • dead tired,
  • sick and tired,
  • wearing,
  • wearied,
  • ready to drop,
  • dead,
  • knocked out.
  •worn (adjective)
  • worn-down,
  • pegged out,
  • Dinged.
  •worn/worn-out (adjective)
  • totaled,
  • worn down,
  • useless,
  • kaput,
  • hackneyed,
  • destroyed,
  • ruined,
  • pinched,
  • effete,
  • gone,
  • shabby,
  • busted,
  • depleted,
  • frayed,
  • drawn,
  • used up,
  • tattered,
  • overused,
  • Deteriorated,
  • ragged,
  • tired out,
  • wrung out,
  • the worse for wear.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • overburden,
  • overwork,
  • spoil,
  • dissipate,
  • misuse,
  • waste,
  • taint,
  • prostitute,
  • squander,
  • mishandle,
  • Misemploy,
  • overtax.
  •belabor (verb)
  • beat a dead horse,
  • pound,
  • repeat,
  • go on about,
  • rehash,
  • hammer home.
  •burn the midnight oil (verb)
  • study,
  • work like a dog,
  • do double duty,
  • bear down,
  • lucubrate,
  • work day and night,
  • toil away,
  • work overtime,
  • sweat and slave,
  • cram,
  • work late,
  • Elucubrate.
  •drive (verb)
  • spirit up,
  • motivate,
  • put up to,
  • inspire,
  • arouse,
  • coerce,
  • impel,
  • prod,
  • push,
  • shove,
  • railroad,
  • dog,
  • egg on,
  • provoke,
  • ride herd on,
  • bulldoze,
  • hound,
  • worry,
  • herd,
  • encourage,
  • chase,
  • goose,
  • force,
  • shepherd,
  • stimulate,
  • lean on,
  • nag,
  • make,
  • hasten,
  • spur,
  • constrain,
  • goad,
  • kick,
  • hustle,
  • propel,
  • work on,
  • actuate,
  • compel,
  • hurry,
  • instigate,
  • send,
  • rouse,
  • rush,
  • act upon,
  • harass,
  • prompt,
  • pressure,
  • steamroll,
  • animate,
  • press,
  • induce,
  • oblige,
  • hurl.
  •exhaust (verb)
  • fatigue,
  • cripple,
  • overextend,
  • poop out,
  • poop,
  • fag,
  • enfeeble,
  • drain,
  • debilitate,
  • overfatigue,
  • prostrate,
  • peter out,
  • conk out,
  • sap,
  • tucker,
  • weaken,
  • overtire,
  • do in,
  • use up,
  • frazzle,
  • draw,
  • disable,
  • wear down,
  • bankrupt,
  • overdo,
  • overexert,
  • enervate,
  • suck dry,
  • impoverish.
  •ill-treat (verb)
  • mistreat,
  • maltreat,
  • ill-use.
  •ill-use (verb)
  • ill-treat.
  •overdo (verb)
  • make federal case,
  • overindulge,
  • overvalue,
  • drive oneself,
  • stretch,
  • exaggerate,
  • overrate,
  • belabor,
  • overload,
  • hype,
  • pile on,
  • do to death,
  • wear oneself out,
  • not know when to stop,
  • amplify,
  • strain oneself,
  • run into the ground,
  • run riot,
  • be intemperate,
  • overestimate,
  • overreach,
  • overuse,
  • go overboard,
  • magnify,
  • overstate,
  • overplay,
  • talk big,
  • lay it on,
  • bite off too much,
  • puff,
  • go too far.
  •overplay (verb)
  • blow out of proportion,
  • mug,
  • show off,
  • maximize,
  • dramatize,
  • accentuate,
  • overstress,
  • point up,
  • overemphasize,
  • hyperbolize,
  • get carried away,
  • ham it up,
  • overdraw,
  • overact,
  • lay it on thick,
  • accent,
  • labor at.
  •overwork (verb)
  • tax,
  • weary,
  • wear out,
  • burden,
  • tire out,
  • tire,
  • labor,
  • exploitation,
  • strain,
  • exhaust,
  • burn out.
  •strain (verb)
  • wrench,
  • pull,
  • exert,
  • tighten,
  • constrict,
  • tauten,
  • push to the limit,
  • tear,
  • sprain,
  • distort,
  • distend,
  • draw tight,
  • drive,
  • injure,
  • extend,
  • rack,
  • task,
  • twist.
  •tax (verb)
  • press hard on,
  • oppress,
  • prey on,
  • load,
  • encumber,
  • cumber,
  • weigh,
  • weigh down,
  • try,
  • lade,
  • put pressure on,
  • weight,
  • stress,
  • saddle,
  • make demands on,
  • charge,
  • weigh heavily on.
  •tire (verb)
  • wear,
  • fold,
  • yawn,
  • flag,
  • disgust,
  • bush,
  • jade,
  • depress,
  • sink,
  • annoy,
  • nauseate,
  • vex,
  • crawl,
  • put to sleep,
  • dispirit,
  • exasperate,
  • drop,
  • pall,
  • irk,
  • go stale,
  • distress,
  • fail,
  • pain,
  • irritate,
  • bore,
  • collapse,
  • deject,
  • displease,
  • wilt,
  • droop,
  • sicken,
  • dishearten,
  • overstrain,
  • give out,
  • grow weary,
  • ennui.
  •wear (verb)
  • become threadbare,
  • decline,
  • abrade,
  • diminish,
  • cut down,
  • consume,
  • fray,
  • impair,
  • shrink,
  • scrape,
  • become worn,
  • fade,
  • crumble,
  • wash away,
  • scrape off,
  • grind,
  • gall,
  • chafe,
  • scuff,
  • weather,
  • decay,
  • be worthless,
  • graze,
  • rub,
  • erode,
  • wear thin,
  • go to seed,
  • dwindle,
  • decrease,
  • deteriorate.
  •weary (verb)
  • grow tired,
  • fall off,
  • have had enough,
  • tucker out,
  • cause ennui,
  • take it out of,
  • leave one cold,
  • drowse,
  • make discontented,
  • lose interest,
  • plague,
  • glut,
  • try the patience of,
  • cloy.

Antonyms for Over-worked:

• adj.

  • elaborate
    unrefined, simple, facile, uninvolved, easy, normal, uncultured, usual, plain, unelaborate, regular, uncomplicated, unsophisticated, general, natural.
  • hackneyed
    uncommon, new, fresh, original.
  • overused
    different.
  • overworked
    lively, refreshed.
  • overwrought
    calm, rested, collected, cool, unruffled.
  • tired
    activated, active, invigorated, Energized, fired up, saved, unused.
  • weary
    animated, content, energetic, satisfied, untired, happy, pleased.
  • worn
    restored, intact, current, protected.

• v.

  • abuse
    revere, commend, care for, honor, treasure, save, acclaim, benefit, preserve, prize, respect, adulate, compliment, cherish, protect, esteem, approve, praise, help, defend, hoard.
  • drive
    stop, impede, prevent, let go, hinder, repress, discourage, dissuade, leave alone, wait, rest, halt, retard, check, procrastinate, pull, slow, please, curb, depress, delay, dally.
  • exhaust
    replenish, aid, assist, enable, animate, strengthen.
  • ill-treat
    treat well.
  • overdo
    neglect, compress, ignore, lessen, decrease, play down.
  • overwork
    activate, energize, idle, refresh, be idle, invigorate, laze.
  • poop
    put in.
  • strain
    placate, release, shrink, concentrate, soothe, fix, contract, unburden, mend.
  • tax
    delight, exonerate.
  • tire
    excite, rise, make happy, assuage, increase, fire up, cure, comfort, encourage, cheer, build.
  • wear
    grow, disrobe, improve, expand, freshen, extend, rebuild, develop, reject, refuse, enliven, enlarge, take off, construct.