1. (noun)effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat use of physical or mental energy; hard work Synonyms: attempt, endeavour, elbow grease, lather, travail, parturiency, exploit, campaign, childbed, feat, drive, labour, effort, sudor, perspiration, movement, try, sweat, fret, stew, cause, labor, swither, lying-in, confinement, crusade, exertion, endeavor
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'exertion'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. exertion An act is strictly and originally something accomplished by an exercise of power, in which sense it is synonymous with deed or effect. Action is a doing. Act is therefore single, individu Synonyms: act, accomplishment, execution, movement, achievement, exercise, operation, action, exertion, performance, consummation, exploit, proceeding, deed, feat, transaction, doing, motion, work, effect Antonyms: cessation, immobility, inertia, quiet, suffering, deliberation, inaction, passion, [A] repose, suspension, endurance, inactivity, quiescence, rest
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