sweat

Examples

• All

• People who buy into a project with sweat equity are committed to making it work.

  Academic text (2011)

• Man was to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.

  Academic text (1992)

• Now, with sweat and working together, we could pull it out.

  Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

• But this project has been our blood, our sweat, our tears.

  Mulligan Brothers Interviews

• Student 5 worked hard and often broke a sweat during the structured physical activity.

  Academic text (2012)

• And are we willing to put in the work, the sweat and the gruel to do so?

  Julian Dorey

• Soon, the good smell of honest sweat and productive exhaustion floated through the air.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Gideon and Suzie have worked up a sweat trying to attend to everyone's needs.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The community center was built through the sweat of volunteers who worked tirelessly to create a safe space for children.

• Her success in the marathon was a result of months of sweat and dedication to her training routine.

Synonyms

E

effort

vssweat

∞ 1.0

Use of physical or mental energy to try to do something

is stronger, stressing particularly strenuous or hard work

E

exertion

vssweat

22 5.0

Strong physical or mental effort that makes you tired

is the more common word that highlights especially strenuous hard work

T

travail

vssweat

• Literature

10 8.8

Hard work that needs a lot of effort and causes pain

is the general word that focuses on strenuous work rather than long struggle

E

elbow grease

vssweat

• Informal

9 4.1

A lot of hard work with your hands and arms to clean or shine things

is broader and also covers mental hard work as well as physical tasks

S

sweat of one's brow

vssweat

• Literature

1 5.8

Hard work done to earn money or achieve something

is the broader term not limited to work for earning income

Antonyms

R

rest

654 1.0

A period when you stop activity to relax or sleep

I

idleness

8 4.5

A time when someone is not working or active

Idioms

D

don't sweat it

• Informal

32 7.4

Tell someone not to worry because it is not a problem

B

to break a sweat

• Informal

24 4.1

To start sweating from hard work or to need to try hard

S

to sweat the small stuff

• Informal

4 7.7

Worry too much about small, unimportant things

S

to sweat bullets

• Informal

4 8.8

To feel very nervous before something difficult or scary

S

to sweat the details

• Informal

2 6.7

To worry too much about small, unimportant things

S

sweat of one's brow

• Literature

1 5.8

Hard work done to earn money or achieve something

S

to sweat bricks

• Informal

9.9

To feel very nervous while waiting for something important

Compounds

C

cold sweat

15 3.7

A sweat that appears while you feel cold because you are scared or ill

S

sweat suit

• US

9 2.0

A matching set of loose, comfortable clothes with sweatpants and a sweatshirt for exercise or casual wear

S

sweat gland

• Specialized

4 2.7

A tiny part in the skin that puts out liquid to cool your body

S

sweat sock

3 2.4

A thick absorbent sock worn during sport to soak up sweat

S

sweat equity

• Jargon

3 6.7

Value you earn by working on a house or business yourself

A

armpit sweat

1 2.3

Wetness under the arms that appears when you are hot

S

sweat duct

• Specialized

1 3.7

A tiny tube in the skin that carries salty liquid from a gland to the outer skin

S

sweat house

• UK

1 7.4

A small hut used for steam baths to clean the body and spirit

S

sweat room

1 5.8

A hot room like a sauna where steam makes you sweat and relax

S

sweat bag

8.6

A bag with tiny holes that cools water as it evaporates

How Hard

toil

22 5.8

strain

53 4.3

sweat

35 2.3

effort

∞ 1.0

work

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology