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daily grind
| Main Entry: |
daily grind
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | everyday routine |
| Synonyms: | grind, nine-to-five, squirrel cage, treadmill, working day |
| Main Entry: | drudgery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard, tedious work |
| Synonyms: | backbreaker, chore, daily grind, elbow grease, grind*, gruntwork, labor, menial labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout |
| Antonyms: | snap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | groove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily routine |
| Synonyms: | daily grind, grind, pace, rote, rut, same old stuff, schtick, slot |
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment |
| Synonyms: | activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind, engagement, faculty, function, gig, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, means, métier, niche, nine-to-five, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, posting, profession, pursuit, racket, rat race, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | activity, chore, daily grind, diligence, drudgery, effort, employment, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, grind*, gruntwork, industry, job, moonlight, operation, pains, pull, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, toil, travail |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profession, business |
| Synonyms: | activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | procedure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process, system for accomplishing something |
| Synonyms: | action, agenda, agendum, channels, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, plan, policy, polity, practice, proceeding, program, red tape, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, the book, the numbers, transaction |
| Notes: | a process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something |
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual activity |
| Synonyms: | act, beaten path, bit, channels, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race, rote, round, rut, schtick, spiel*, system, tack, technique, treadmill, usage, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | break, excitement, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine of daily life |
| Synonyms: | circle, circuit, course, custom, daily grind, dead end, grind*, groove, habit, humdrum*, pace, pattern, performance, practice, procedure, rote, round, system, treadmill, usage, wont |
| Antonyms: | break, difference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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