Synonyms of toiled

toiled

verb

past tense of toil

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• slaved
• tugged
• strove
• hustled
• plowed
• grubbed
• sweat
• slogged
• plodded
• dug (away)
• travailed
• drudged
• humped
• fagged
• pegged (away)
• plugged
• strained
• banged away
• beavered (away)
• moiled
• applied (oneself)
• sweat blood
• essayed
• attacked
• hammered (away)
• exerted
• buckled (down)
• exercised
• pitched in
• drove
• scratched
• dug in
• trudged
• waded
• overworked
• scrabbled
• eked out
• knuckled down
• ground (out)
• overexerted
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• lounged
• idled
• eased (up)
• loafed
• shirked
• dallied
• chilled
• lazed
• rested
• let up
• basked
• hung (around or out)
• lolled
• played
• reposed
• bummed
• hacked (around)
• hung
• slacked (off)
• relaxed
• goofed (off)
• dabbled
• unwound
• trifled
• dillydallied
• goldbricked
• doodled
• footled
• vegged out
• fooled around
• puttered (around)
• messed around
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of toiled

The story’s most significant character, save Miranda herself, is Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), who once toiled alongside Emily in the assistant trenches and finally surpassed her. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026

At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026

It had clearly been discussed by Villa in preparation and yet, for long periods, Villa toiled in the heat of such aggression. —Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Since that December victory, Swanson trained and toiled, still uncertain about his fighting future. —Brian Martin, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026

Down where the Pigeons toiled, two-foot piles of garbage cluttered blocks lined with storage-unit facilities, budget hotels, abandoned RVs and parking lots sealed with rusted razor wire. —Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026

First baseman Betsy Jack and most of her nine fellow seniors on this year’s roster toiled largely in the background for a record-setting season in 2025 as Oswego won the program’s first state title. —Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026

For more than 20 years, county officials have planned for, and toiled with, what to do with the rare swath of developable land outside of Yuba City, as most of the unincorporated county has been designated as too flood prone for development. —Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Chavez was positioned as the Christlike figure who toiled for all of us at great personal cost and thus was anointed the face of the farmworkers movement. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026