Synonyms and Antonyms of tug
1
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
- tugged on the door until it opened
2
to devote serious and sustained effort
- she's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, 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
