Definition for Work on:

• to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something: she worked at it until she had it down cold.

Synonyms for Work on:

• n.

  •
  • active,
  • busy,
  • immersed in something,
  • knee-deep,
  • hard at it,
  • rushed,
  • rushed/run off your feet,
  • Hopping,
  • load down.
  •
  • encourage,
  • persuade,
  • dissuade,
  • urge on,
  • spur,
  • entice,
  • prod,
  • prevail on,
  • motivate,
  • convince.
  •
  • buckle down,
  • labor,
  • put your back into something,
  • overwork,
  • exert yourself,
  • toil,
  • apply yourself.
  •work at (noun)
  • work at.

• v.

  •annoy (verb)
  • break,
  • exasperate,
  • gnaw,
  • worry,
  • bore,
  • Henpeck,
  • needle,
  • tease,
  • nettle,
  • egg on,
  • t-off,
  • harry,
  • ruffle,
  • plague,
  • bother,
  • peeve,
  • get,
  • vex,
  • rile,
  • chafe,
  • displease,
  • agitate,
  • madden,
  • bug,
  • beleaguer,
  • trouble,
  • disturb,
  • turn off,
  • abrade,
  • distress,
  • push button,
  • bedevil,
  • ride,
  • nudge.
  •badger (verb)
  • annoy,
  • bait,
  • torment,
  • bully,
  • hound,
  • goad,
  • hassle.
  •besiege (verb)
  • blockade,
  • environ,
  • encompass,
  • beset,
  • trap,
  • encircle,
  • assail,
  • confine,
  • hem in,
  • attack,
  • work over,
  • lay siege to,
  • come at from all sides,
  • shut in,
  • congregate,
  • invest.
  •cajole (verb)
  • deceive,
  • banter,
  • tempt,
  • dupe,
  • seduce,
  • brownnose,
  • build up,
  • jolly,
  • mislead,
  • tantalize,
  • oil,
  • con,
  • maneuver,
  • lure,
  • decoy,
  • influence,
  • blandish,
  • push,
  • inveigle,
  • sweet-talk,
  • apple polish,
  • wheedle,
  • bootlick,
  • crowd,
  • beguile,
  • urge,
  • entrap,
  • massage,
  • delude,
  • induce,
  • soften,
  • snow,
  • stroke.
  •coax (verb)
  • blarney,
  • barter,
  • soothe,
  • hook,
  • rope in,
  • come on,
  • wangle,
  • arm-twist,
  • jawbone,
  • prevail upon,
  • allure,
  • worm,
  • talk into.
  •creation (verb)
  • process,
  • work on.
  •drive (verb)
  • compel,
  • overburden,
  • coerce,
  • kick,
  • pressure,
  • impel,
  • bulldoze,
  • shepherd,
  • stimulate,
  • dog,
  • send,
  • actuate,
  • hustle,
  • constrain,
  • propel,
  • prompt,
  • animate,
  • oblige,
  • chase,
  • force,
  • hurry,
  • shove,
  • rouse,
  • instigate,
  • rush,
  • pound,
  • ride herd on,
  • make,
  • inspire,
  • hurl,
  • arouse,
  • herd.
  •flatter (verb)
  • court,
  • grovel,
  • overpraise,
  • toady,
  • glorify,
  • cater to,
  • adulate,
  • Beslaver,
  • sell,
  • fawn,
  • praise,
  • humor,
  • salve,
  • charm.
  •harass (verb)
  • exhaust,
  • perplex,
  • irritate,
  • fatigue,
  • burn,
  • despoil,
  • try,
  • bullyrag,
  • strain,
  • maraud,
  • raid,
  • foray,
  • pain,
  • stress,
  • persecute,
  • macerate,
  • intimidate,
  • weary,
  • devil.
  •pester (verb)
  • insist,
  • fret,
  • get at.
  •press (verb)
  • depress,
  • demand,
  • oppress,
  • disquiet,
  • exhort,
  • come at,
  • sadden,
  • weigh down,
  • enjoin,
  • sue,
  • afflict,
  • squeeze,
  • petition.
  •sway (verb)
  • control,
  • dispose,
  • dominate,
  • manage,
  • overrule,
  • conduct,
  • incline,
  • bias,
  • govern,
  • crack,
  • predispose,
  • whitewash,
  • guide,
  • direct,
  • reign,
  • brainwash,
  • rule.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • honey,
  • slaver.
  •tackle (verb)
  • pitch into,
  • launch,
  • devote oneself to,
  • come to grips with,
  • begin,
  • undertake,
  • essay,
  • turn one's hand to,
  • start the ball rolling,
  • turn to,
  • take in hand,
  • engage in,
  • take a shot at,
  • bang away at,
  • take up,
  • embark upon,
  • try on for size,
  • give a try,
  • attempt,
  • give a whirl,
  • go for it,
  • square off,
  • set about,
  • apply oneself,
  • deal with,
  • take on,
  • make a run at,
  • accept.
  •wheedle (verb)
  • finagle,
  • lay it on,
  • kowtow,
  • draw.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • slave.
  •besiege
  • blockading,
  • working over,
  • blockaded,
  • worked over,
  • be set,
  • encircled.
  •coax
  • Wormed,
  • WORMS,
  • Blarneying,
  • jawbones,
  • jawboning,
  • Worming,
  • jawboned,
  • roped in,
  • arm-twisting,
  • Blarneyed.
  •flatter
  • Humored,
  • overpraises,
  • caters to,
  • humoring,
  • catered to,
  • Overpraising,
  • catering to,
  • overpraised.
  •persuade
  • coax.
  •sweet-talk
  • honied,
  • Honeying.
  •tackle
  • devote to,
  • squared off,
  • try for size,
  • embarked upon,
  • start ball rolling,
  • devoted to,
  • squaring off,
  • engaged in.
  •wheedle
  • laid on,
  • laying on,
  • lay on.

Antonyms for Work on:

• v.

  • annoy
    calm, help, mollify, quiet, comfort, gratify, delight, cheer, enchant, appease, assist, soothe, please, aid, charm, support, reassure, make happy.
  • badger
    leave alone.
  • besiege
    let go.
  • cajole
    bully, discourage, repulse, disenchant, repel, dissuade, turn off, force, disgust.
  • coax
    allow, not care.
  • drive
    delay, halt, hinder, pull, repress, dally, procrastinate, check, impede, retard, rest, wait, prevent, depress, slow, curb, stop.
  • flatter
    belittle, castigate, mismatch, condemn, insult, denounce, offend, ignore, criticize.
  • harass
    activate, encourage, build, explain, facilitate, assuage, placate, clarify, invigorate, refresh, energize, clear up.
  • importune
    answer, give, command, refuse, reply.
  • move
    fix, dull, lull, hold, lose, tranquilize, pause, suppress, keep, stay, dishearten, remain, oppose.
  • nag
    compliment, praise.
  • pester
    forget, pacify.
  • press
    gladden.
  • sway
    leave, mismanage, misunderstand, submit, mislead, yield, abandon, surrender, steady, misguide, neglect, miss, serve, fail.
  • sweet-talk
    irritate.
  • tackle
    abstain, avoid, idle, complete, finish, dodge, be lazy, end, conclude.

Hypernym for Work on:

• v.

  • creation
    overwork, rework, make over, cold work, tool, rack, till, hot-work, retread, coldwork.

Hyponym for Work on:

• v.

  • creation
    transubstantiate, transform, transmute.