Synonyms and Antonyms of moil
1
to devote serious and sustained effort
- miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in
attack, drive
essay, try
exercise, exert, overexert, overwork
eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch
trudge, wade
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
2
to be in a state of violent rolling motion
- the angry mob moiled around the courthouse
