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Antonyms for grind
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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. grind

    Antonyms:
    revolve, roll, rotate, turn

    Synonyms:
    bind, chafe, slide, slip, stand, stick

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grind

    Synonyms:
    crush, pulverize

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 3 votes

  1. swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweebnoun

    an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

    Synonyms:
    pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swot

  2. grindnoun

    the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

    "a coarse grind of coffee"

    Synonyms:
    pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swot

  3. drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeyworknoun

    hard monotonous routine work

    Synonyms:
    pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, plod, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swot

  4. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb

    the act of grinding to a powder or dust

    Synonyms:
    drudgery, factory, plodding, nerd, dweeb, mill, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisation

  5. crunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb

    press or grind with a crushing noise

    Synonyms:
    dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, mash, moil, scraunch, drudge

  6. grate, grindverb

    make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

    "grate one's teeth in anger"

    Synonyms:
    dig, craunch, travail, rankle, cranch, fret, eat into, labour, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, scrape, mash, comminute, moil, drudge

  7. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb

    work hard

    "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

    Synonyms:
    compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, dig, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag out, labour

  8. grindverb

    dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

    Synonyms:
    labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminute

  9. grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb

    reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

    "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

    Synonyms:
    flirt, craunch, crackle, dig, travail, squelch, cranch, dally, labour, coquet, chat up, romance, comminute, crush, coquette, scraunch, butterfly, scranch, squeeze, munch, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, hee-haw, mash, squash, moil, philander, drudge

  10. grindverb

    created by grinding

    "grind designs into the glass bowl"

    Synonyms:
    labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminute

  11. grindverb

    shape or form by grinding

    "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

    Synonyms:
    labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminute

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grindnoun

    Synonyms:
    grinding, pulverization, (Slang) drudgery, (Slang) dig

  2. grindverb

    Synonyms:
    crush, powder, pulverize, comminute, bruise, bray, triturate, levigate, harass, persecute, oppress

How to use grind in a sentence?

  1. Max Bergmann:

    They've used their mass, their artillery assets, and( have been) pummeling Ukrainian forces while operating in a slow grind.

  2. Chris Koster:

    Our state's future will be better if we support solid wage growth for everyone, and resist the temptation to grind down specific groups.

  3. Fellow American Bronson Burgoon:

    I don't know how I finished the way I did, i warmed up four times today. It was a grind out there. Obviously, Michael is playing really well. I was playing pretty good myself. So, I'll go get some rest and looking forward to tomorrow.

  4. Colonel Toumba Mohamed:

    The resistance was fierce. The enemy even had armored personnel carriers, it's good to grind down the enemy.

  5. New York:

    We kind of did our best to play simple hockey and really just grind it out a little bit.

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