What is another word for overwork?
702 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəwˈɜːk], [ ˌəʊvəwˈɜːk], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_w_ˈɜː_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for overwork:- act (noun)
- exploit (noun)
- abuse (verb)
- belabor (verb)
- burn the midnight oil (verb)
- drive (verb)
- exhaust (verb)
- ill-treat (verb)
- ill-use (verb)
- overplay (verb)
- strain (verb)
- tax (verb)
- tire (verb)
- wear (verb)
- weary (verb)
- other synonyms
- belabor
- dwell on
- overdo
- overplay
- weary
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Overwork:
n.
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- misuse,
- overburdening,
- overdoing it,
- Overloading,
- exploitation,
- overtime,
- fritter away,
- wear out,
- going too far,
- exhaustion.
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- challenge,
- exertion,
- dedication,
- pursuit,
- effort,
- heavy lifting,
- undertaking,
- care.
v.
•abuse (verb)- mis employs,
- mis-handled,
- mis handles,
- over-works,
- mis using,
- mis employ,
- over taxes,
- over worked,
- misemploys,
- mis-employing,
- mis handling,
- mis handle,
- mis-handle,
- over works,
- mis employed,
- over burden,
- mis handled,
- mis-handling,
- over burdens,
- over taxing,
- over work,
- mis employing,
- over-tax,
- over-burdens,
- over-work,
- mis-employ,
- over-burdening,
- over taxed,
- over-working,
- over burdened,
- misemploying,
- mis-employs,
- over-taxes,
- over-worked,
- over burdening,
- mis used,
- mis-handles,
- over-taxing,
- over-burdened,
- over working,
- over tax,
- mis-employed,
- misemployed,
- over-taxed,
- mis-used,
- mis-using.
- be-labored,
- be labors,
- be laboring,
- re hashing,
- re hash,
- re hashes,
- be-labor,
- re hashed,
- re-peats,
- re peat,
- re-hashes,
- be labored,
- re peats,
- goes on about,
- hammered home,
- re-hashing,
- going on about,
- re-hash,
- be-labors,
- be labor,
- went on about,
- hammers home,
- beat dead horse,
- re-peat,
- be-laboring,
- re-hashed,
- hammering home.
- wrought like dog,
- sweat slave,
- does double duty,
- wrought day night,
- doing double duty,
- works like a dog,
- worked day and night,
- worked overtime,
- worked like a dog,
- elucubrated,
- doest double duty,
- did double duty,
- elucubrating,
- working day night,
- works like dog,
- sweats and slave,
- didst double duty,
- sweated slave,
- toils away,
- worked day night,
- worked late,
- wrought like a dog,
- working late,
- wrought overtime,
- works late,
- dost double duty,
- working like a dog,
- wrought late,
- wrought day and night,
- sweats slave,
- work like dog,
- elucubrates,
- works day and night,
- works overtime,
- toiled away,
- doeth double duty,
- sweated and slave,
- works day night,
- working like dog,
- working day and night,
- work day night,
- doth double duty,
- worked like dog,
- working overtime,
- sweating and slave,
- sweating slave.
- acts upon,
- steamrolled,
- in-spiring,
- spirited up,
- in duces,
- leans on,
- puts up to,
- leant on,
- spiriting up,
- works on,
- in-spire,
- in spire,
- wrought on,
- spirits up,
- acts up on,
- in-spired,
- steamrolls,
- in-duces,
- leaned on,
- in-duce,
- acted up on,
- putting up to,
- in duce,
- acting up on,
- puts to,
- acting upon,
- in spired,
- putting to,
- in spires,
- in-spires,
- in spiring,
- act up on,
- steamrolling.
- over exerts,
- over extends,
- overextends,
- over extending,
- over fatigue,
- ran ragged,
- over-extend,
- over-fatigues,
- overexerted,
- running ragged,
- over tires,
- overtiring,
- over-exerted,
- overexerts,
- over-fatigued,
- over fatigues,
- over fatiguing,
- overfatiguing,
- over-tiring,
- over-exerts,
- over-extends,
- over-exerting,
- over-tired,
- overfatigues,
- over fatigued,
- over-fatiguing,
- over exerting,
- over-extending,
- conking out,
- over exerted,
- over extend,
- over tire,
- over-extended,
- over-tires,
- over extended,
- overextending,
- over tiring,
- uses up,
- over-tire,
- over tired,
- over exert,
- conks out,
- overtires,
- runs ragged.
- gotten carried away,
- over emphasize,
- over draw,
- Overdrew,
- laid thick,
- over acting,
- over stressed,
- over stressing,
- blows out proportion,
- over-playing,
- got carried away,
- lays it on thick,
- over-acted,
- over-acting,
- over-stress,
- lays it thick,
- over-drew,
- pointed up,
- overdraws,
- gets carried away,
- over plays,
- lay thick,
- over-acts,
- laboring at,
- over-act,
- overstresses,
- blew out proportion,
- blows out of proportion,
- blew out of proportion,
- over-emphasizing,
- over-plays,
- blowing out of proportion,
- over-draws,
- laid it thick,
- over acts,
- laying thick,
- over draws,
- over-drawing,
- getting carried away,
- blowing out proportion,
- over play,
- lays on thick,
- laying on thick,
- lay it thick,
- blow out proportion,
- labored at,
- over played,
- lays thick,
- over drew,
- over drawing,
- over-emphasized,
- over-drawn,
- over stresses,
- over-draw,
- over-stressed,
- over-stresses,
- over playing,
- over-played,
- over emphasized,
- over emphasizing,
- over act,
- over-play,
- gat carried away,
- over-emphasizes,
- labors at,
- over drawn,
- points up,
- over-stressing,
- over stress,
- laying it thick,
- over acted,
- over emphasizes,
- laid it on thick.
- dis-tended,
- dis torts,
- dis tending,
- pushed limit,
- dis-torts,
- dis-tends,
- pushing limit,
- drawing tight,
- drew tight,
- pushed to limit,
- ex tending,
- pushes the limit,
- pushes to limit,
- ex-tends,
- dis-tort,
- pushes to the limit,
- dis tends,
- ex-tend,
- pushed to the limit,
- dis-tend,
- push limit,
- push the limit,
- draws tight,
- pushing the limit,
- ex-tended,
- pushing to the limit,
- dis-tending,
- ex tend,
- push to limit,
- dis tort,
- pushed the limit,
- pushes limit,
- ex tended,
- dis tend,
- ex tends,
- dis tended,
- pushing to limit,
- ex-tending.
- making demands on,
- puts pressure on,
- weighs heavily on,
- presses hard on,
- putting pressure on,
- pressing hard on,
- weighing heavily on,
- weighed heavily on,
- makes demands on,
- pressed hard on,
- made demands on.
- ex asperate,
- growing weary,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-tress,
- de pressed,
- dis heartened,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis pleasing,
- went stale,
- dis tress,
- over straining,
- dis-gusted,
- ex-asperating,
- de-press,
- dis tressed,
- over-strains,
- dis gusting,
- puts sleep,
- ex asperates,
- dis gust,
- de pressing,
- dis-pleases,
- dis-hearten,
- put sleep,
- ex-asperate,
- dis heartens,
- dis-tressed,
- de presses,
- ex-asperated,
- dis-please,
- ennuiing,
- dis-gusting,
- putting sleep,
- dis pleases,
- dis hearten,
- goes stale,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-tresses,
- grows weary,
- dis-gust,
- dis heartening,
- over-straining,
- over strains,
- over-strain,
- over strained,
- ex asperating,
- going stale,
- dis please,
- de-pressing,
- dis-heartening,
- over strain,
- dis-pleased,
- dis gusted,
- dis-heartens,
- dis pleased,
- de press,
- de-presses,
- de-pressed,
- dis gusts,
- over-strained,
- ex-asperates,
- dis tresses.
- becoming worn,
- being worthless,
- de cline,
- de crease,
- wert worthless,
- becomes worn,
- de clines,
- became worn,
- going to seed,
- de-clines,
- washes away,
- goes seed,
- de-cay,
- de cay,
- wast worthless,
- scrapes off,
- is worthless,
- de creased,
- scraping off,
- was worthless,
- were worthless,
- going seed,
- art worthless,
- becoming threadbare,
- de-creases,
- de cays,
- de-cline,
- wears thin,
- de-crease,
- de-cays,
- de-creasing,
- are worthless,
- de creasing,
- went seed,
- de creases,
- scraped off,
- becomes threadbare,
- went to seed,
- go seed,
- am worthless,
- de-creased.
- hadst had enough,
- having had enough,
- tried the patience of,
- hath had enough,
- leave cold,
- trying patience of,
- lost interest,
- takes it out of,
- causing ennui,
- trying the patience of,
- leaving one cold,
- try patience of,
- left one cold,
- tried patience of,
- take out of,
- leaved one cold,
- leaves cold,
- tries the patience of,
- took out of,
- losing interest,
- making discontented,
- loses interest,
- taking out of,
- tries patience of,
- leaved cold,
- takes out of,
- haddest had enough,
- makes discontented,
- grew tired,
- had had enough,
- has had enough,
- leaves one cold,
- made discontented,
- took it out of,
- hast had enough,
- causes ennui,
- left cold,
- tuckers out,
- taking it out of,
- leaving cold,
- grows tired,
- growing tired,
- caused ennui,
- tuckering out.
Other synonyms:
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- grind away,
- buckle down,
- chuck away,
- throw away,
- dissipate,
- misspend,
- hog,
- overstretch,
- overburden,
- squander,
- work at,
- piddle away,
- knuckle down.
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- dig in.
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- push.
- overvalues,
- overuses,
- drive oneself,
- went too far,
- lay it on,
- talk big,
- wear oneself out,
- hyped,
- overestimated,
- lays on,
- Overvaluing,
- laying on,
- overvalue,
- be intemperate,
- over-estimate,
- Overrated,
- overestimating,
- Overvalued,
- strain oneself,
- piling on,
- lay on,
- overusing,
- pile on,
- laid on,
- overestimate,
- bite off too much,
- overestimates,
- make federal case,
- not know when to stop,
- over-rate,
- run into the ground,
- do to death.
- ham up,
- overdraw,
- laid on thick,
- overemphasized,
- Overdrawn,
- overemphasizes,
- lay it on thick,
- laying it on thick,
- pointing up,
- blow out of proportion,
- maximized,
- maximizing,
- overemphasizing,
- overstressed,
- point up,
- maximize,
- lay on thick,
- Overdrawing,
- overstressing,
- labor at,
- get carried away,
- maximizes,
- over-emphasize,
- overacts,
- overacting.
- wearied,
- drowsing,
- leave one cold,
- cause ennui,
- have had enough,
- grow tired,
- try the patience of,
- tucker out,
- drowse,
- tuckered out,
- make discontented,
- Drowsed,
- lose interest,
- drowses,
- take it out of.
- drudge,
- pour it on,
- overstudy,
- distress,
- overact,
- go to extremes,
- empty,
- overexertion,
- know no bounds,
- freight,
- store,
- deplete,
- work hard,
- load,
- accumulation,
- Overexcite,
- plethora,
- bring,
- Overcarry,
- hurt,
- hit the ball,
- overemphasize,
- pack,
- draw from,
- tap,
- busy,
- apply,
- heap,
- stock,
- impair,
- fatigue,
- pull,
- overkill,
- opulence,
- gathering,
- abundance,
- mass,
- lucubrate,
- work,
- encumber,
- slave,
- stack,
- scratch,
- congestion,
- keep busy,
- prodigality,
- overdrive,
- overstress,
- concourse,
- overindulge,
- hustle,
- weigh down,
- harm,
- injure,
- exaggerate,
- Overdoing,
- Overtask,
- wrench,
- carry too far,
- task,
- affluence,
- charge,
- utilize,
- overspend,
- cargo,
- overreaction,
- exceed,
- go too far,
- hackney,
- Overdevelop,
- overelaborate,
- burn out,
- supererogation,
- drain,
- overreact,
- force,
- profusion,
- employ,
- twist,
- tear,
- Overlabor,
- weight,
- overemphasis,
- overreaching,
- oppress,
- bear down,
- beg,
- solicit,
- surfeit,
- collection,
- pile,
- go overboard,
- damage,
- surpass,
- plod.
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Hypernym for Overwork:
v.
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social
overdrive.
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social