Further
Further verb - To help the growth or development of.
Usage example: she worked hard to further her operatic career
Work for and further are semantically related in promote topic. In some cases you can use "Work for" instead a verb "Further", when it comes to topics like advance.
Nearby Words: furthered, furthering
Work for
Work for verb - To be a servant for.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Instead of forcing them to do the work for him, he arranges it so that by achieving each of their own goals, they actually further his own hidden agenda.
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It might just work for Benny, who was quite younger than Egon and Kjeld (in the Danish version at least), but that just screws up the premise further.
Source: Spin-Off Babies - Complicating things further, he didn't kill the secretary, but he does work for the KGB.
Source: Hired to Hunt Yourself
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Work for and Further. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/further/work_for
Further & Work for. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/further/work_for>.
Work for or Further. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/further/work_for.
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