Sweat
Tug
Tug verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: she's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good sweat | good tug |
| single | single sweat | single tug |
| huge | huge sweat | huge tug |
| minor | minor sweat | minor tug |
| Other adjectives: last. | ||
Common collocations
| bit | sweat bit | tug bit |
Cite this Source
Tug and Sweat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sweat/tug
Sweat & Tug. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/sweat/tug>.
Tug or Sweat. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sweat/tug.
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