grub | Definition of grub

grub

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of grub

to devote serious and sustained effort

grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season

Synonyms of grub

bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work

Words Related to grub

apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in

exercise, exert, overexert, overwork

eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch

Phrases Synonymous with grub

Near Antonyms of grub

break, ease (up), let up, slacken

bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out

bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind

dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle