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SHIRKS Antonyms

There are 15 antonyms of the word shirks. (opposite meanings)
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exert
verbv
verb

• put to use

• have and exercise

• make a great effort at a mental or physical task

sweats
nounn
noun

• garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt

works
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• everything available; usually preceded by `the'

• performance of moral or religious acts

• the internal mechanism of a device

endeavors
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

verb

• attempt by employing effort

fights
verbv
noun

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• an aggressive willingness to compete

• an intense verbal dispute

• a boxing or wrestling match

verb

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• fight against or resist strongly

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

grafts
nounn
noun

• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

• the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

• the act of grafting something onto something else

verb

• cause to grow together parts from different plants

• place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

grinds
verbv
noun

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

• the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of grinding to a powder or dust

verb

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• work hard

• dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• created by grinding

• shape or form by grinding

hustles
verbv
noun

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• a rapid active commotion

verb

• cause to move furtively and hurriedly

• move or cause to move energetically or busily

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• get by trying hard

• pressure or urge someone into an action

labors
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

verb

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• work hard

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

perspires
verbv
verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

slaves
nounn
noun

• a person who is owned by someone

• someone who works as hard as a slave

• someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

verb

• work very hard, like a slave

slogs
nounn
verb

• work doggedly or persistently

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

strives
verbv
verb

• attempt by employing effort

• to exert much effort or energy

struggles
nounn
noun

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• strenuous effort

verb

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• to exert strenuous effort against opposition

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

toils
nounn
noun

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

verb

• work hard

Alternatives for EXERT

Alternatives for SWEATS

Alternatives for WORKS

Alternatives for ENDEAVORS

Alternatives for FIGHTS

Alternatives for GRAFTS

Alternatives for GRINDS

Alternatives for HUSTLES

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