Synonyms for Working on:

• v.

  •annoy (verb)
  • egg on,
  • chafe,
  • bedevil,
  • plague,
  • nag,
  • needle,
  • push button,
  • be at,
  • irk,
  • bug,
  • ruffle,
  • burn up,
  • work on,
  • distress,
  • exasperate,
  • beleaguer,
  • pester,
  • rile,
  • nettle,
  • harass,
  • agitate,
  • heat up,
  • abrade,
  • be on the back of,
  • provoke,
  • break,
  • turn off,
  • perturb,
  • make waves,
  • miff,
  • fire up,
  • gall,
  • ride,
  • disturb,
  • bore,
  • get,
  • trouble,
  • peeve,
  • displease,
  • worry,
  • ask for it,
  • madden,
  • harry,
  • tick off,
  • nudge,
  • vex,
  • t-off,
  • tease,
  • bother,
  • badger,
  • hit where one lives,
  • gnaw,
  • Henpeck.
  •badger (verb)
  • eat,
  • torment,
  • give the business,
  • bully,
  • heckle,
  • hassle,
  • goad,
  • Importune,
  • insist on,
  • bait,
  • annoy,
  • hound.
  •besiege (verb)
  • confine,
  • come at from all sides,
  • blockade,
  • congregate,
  • invest,
  • lay siege to,
  • encompass,
  • shut in,
  • hem in,
  • environ,
  • trap,
  • beset,
  • work over,
  • attack,
  • assail,
  • encircle.
  •cajole (verb)
  • induce,
  • tempt,
  • crowd,
  • influence,
  • beguile,
  • butter up,
  • urge,
  • lure,
  • decoy,
  • bootlick,
  • rub the right way,
  • wheedle,
  • get around,
  • banter,
  • sweeten up,
  • seduce,
  • deceive,
  • soft-soap,
  • push,
  • oil,
  • suck up to,
  • massage,
  • snow,
  • con,
  • make up to,
  • argue into,
  • sweet-talk,
  • inveigle,
  • blandish,
  • get next to,
  • brownnose,
  • entice,
  • play up to,
  • delude,
  • entrap,
  • soften,
  • spread it on,
  • lay it on thick,
  • jolly,
  • tantalize,
  • maneuver,
  • stroke,
  • build up,
  • dupe,
  • hand a line,
  • apple polish,
  • mislead,
  • soap.
  •coax (verb)
  • flatter,
  • come on,
  • cajole,
  • hook,
  • talk into,
  • arm-twist,
  • press,
  • prevail upon,
  • soothe,
  • rope in,
  • wangle,
  • blarney,
  • worm,
  • barter,
  • allure,
  • jawbone.
  •drive (verb)
  • steamroll,
  • pound,
  • goose,
  • spur,
  • animate,
  • coerce,
  • constrain,
  • hurl,
  • spirit up,
  • hurry,
  • make,
  • herd,
  • inspire,
  • pressure,
  • lean on,
  • actuate,
  • bulldoze,
  • rush,
  • railroad,
  • chase,
  • ride herd on,
  • oblige,
  • prompt,
  • shove,
  • shepherd,
  • stimulate,
  • hustle,
  • force,
  • instigate,
  • impel,
  • dog,
  • rouse,
  • kick,
  • propel,
  • encourage,
  • motivate,
  • prod,
  • put up to,
  • send,
  • overwork,
  • act upon,
  • compel,
  • hasten,
  • arouse,
  • overburden.
  •flatter (verb)
  • glorify,
  • court,
  • grovel,
  • toady,
  • overpraise,
  • adulate,
  • humor,
  • praise,
  • charm,
  • salve,
  • Beslaver,
  • fawn,
  • cater to,
  • sell.
  •harass (verb)
  • intimidate,
  • fatigue,
  • give a hard time,
  • bullyrag,
  • strain,
  • persecute,
  • irritate,
  • exhaust,
  • stress,
  • maraud,
  • macerate,
  • foray,
  • weary,
  • give a bad time,
  • try,
  • get to,
  • tire,
  • devil,
  • pain,
  • burn,
  • raid,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • jerk around,
  • perplex,
  • despoil,
  • noodge.
  •importune (verb)
  • implore,
  • invoke,
  • besiege,
  • dun,
  • beseech,
  • ask,
  • pray,
  • solicit,
  • beg,
  • crave,
  • supplicate,
  • persuade,
  • entreat,
  • plead,
  • appeal.
  •move (verb)
  • drive,
  • shift,
  • introduce,
  • propose,
  • get going,
  • bring up,
  • cause,
  • sway,
  • inspirit,
  • submit,
  • suggest,
  • operate,
  • affect,
  • budge,
  • touch,
  • turn,
  • quicken,
  • convert,
  • stir,
  • strike,
  • lead,
  • impress,
  • advocate,
  • tug at,
  • start,
  • incite,
  • recommend,
  • activate,
  • play on,
  • give rise to,
  • put forward,
  • excite,
  • bring,
  • draw up,
  • carry.
  •nag (verb)
  • pick at,
  • take it out on,
  • berate,
  • fuss,
  • upbraid,
  • scold,
  • carp at,
  • egg,
  • hector,
  • find fault.
  •pester (verb)
  • insist,
  • remind,
  • fret,
  • drive up the wall,
  • get in one's hair,
  • drive crazy,
  • mess with,
  • get on one's nerves,
  • get at.
  •press (verb)
  • petition,
  • pressurize,
  • disquiet,
  • exhort,
  • depress,
  • buttonhole,
  • sue,
  • weigh down,
  • demand,
  • enjoin,
  • come at,
  • sadden,
  • oppress,
  • squeeze,
  • afflict.
  •sway (verb)
  • control,
  • impact on,
  • lead by the nose,
  • prevail on,
  • conduct,
  • bias,
  • brainwash,
  • manage,
  • whitewash,
  • predispose,
  • direct,
  • dispose,
  • overrule,
  • twist one's arm,
  • put across,
  • reign,
  • soften up,
  • turn one's head,
  • guide,
  • win over,
  • hold sway over,
  • rule over,
  • incline,
  • suck in,
  • crack,
  • dominate,
  • govern,
  • rule,
  • move.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • honey,
  • slaver.
  •tackle (verb)
  • deal with,
  • bang away at,
  • come to grips with,
  • give a try,
  • take on,
  • accept,
  • start the ball rolling,
  • attempt,
  • begin,
  • make a run at,
  • engage in,
  • go for it,
  • try on for size,
  • set about,
  • essay,
  • apply oneself,
  • turn to,
  • take a shot at,
  • undertake,
  • pitch into,
  • take in hand,
  • give a whirl,
  • launch,
  • turn one's hand to,
  • devote oneself to,
  • embark upon,
  • square off,
  • take up.
  •wheedle (verb)
  • draw,
  • coax,
  • finagle,
  • kowtow,
  • lay it on.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • inducement,
  • enlistment,
  • preaching,
  • wheedling,
  • salesmanship,
  • allurement,
  • sales talk,
  • selling,
  • blandishment,
  • snow job,
  • Lobbying,
  • exhortation,
  • jawboning,
  • solicitation.

Antonyms for Working on:

• v.

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