Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
Source: tatoeba (18375)
Toil
//tɔɪl//
Synonyms for "toil" (164 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (82)
Verb(3 words)
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Noun(5 words)
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
110 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bakstaan verb (to labour, to work)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κόπος noun (labor, work)
- πόνος noun (labor, work)
- κοπιάω verb (to labour, to work)
- μογέω verb (to labour, to work)
Arabic
4 entries- شقى noun (labor, work)
- كَدْح noun (labor, work)
- تَعِبَ verb (to labour, to work)
- شقي verb (to labour, to work)
Asturian
1 entries- traxín noun (labor, work)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- zəhmət noun (labor, work)
- əmək noun (labor, work)
- əziyyət noun (labor, work)
Bengali
1 entries- মেহনত noun (labor, work)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мъка noun (trouble, strife)
- тежка работа noun (labor, work)
- трепане noun (labor, work)
- трепя се verb (to labour, to work)
Catalan
1 entries- treball noun (labor, work)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 辛勞 /辛劳 noun (labor, work)
- 辛勞 /辛劳 verb (to labour, to work)
Czech
4 entries- dřina noun (labor, work)
- lopota noun (labor, work)
- soužení noun (trouble, strife)
- trápení noun (trouble, strife)
Dutch
4 entries- gezwoeg noun (labor, work)
- labeuren verb (to labour, to work)
- werken verb (to labour, to work)
- zwoegen verb (to labour, to work)
Finnish
4 entries- ahkerointi noun (labor, work)
- uurastus noun (labor, work)
- vaiva noun (trouble, strife)
- vastukset noun (trouble, strife)
French
2 entries- labeur noun (labor, work)
- travailler verb (to labour, to work)
German
4 entries- Mühe noun (labor, work)
- roboten verb (to labour, to work)
- schuften verb (to labour, to work)
- sich plagen verb (to labour, to work)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 noun (labor, work)
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to labour, to work)
Greek
3 entries- κόπος noun (labor, work)
- μόχθος noun (labor, work)
- κοπιάζω verb (to labour, to work)
Hebrew
2 entries- עָמָל noun (labor, work)
- עָמָל noun (trouble, strife)
Ido
1 entries- laboregar verb (to labour, to work)
Irish
1 entries- sclábhaíocht noun (labor, work)
Istriot
1 entries- fadeîga noun (labor, work)
Italian
4 entries- baruffa noun (trouble, strife)
- disputa noun (trouble, strife)
- diverbio noun (trouble, strife)
- fatica noun (labor, work)
Latin
1 entries- labor noun (labor, work)
Māori
2 entries- whakarīrā noun (labor, work)
- whakarīrā verb (to labour, to work)
Polish
1 entries- trud noun (labor, work)
Portuguese
2 entries- labuta noun (labor, work)
- ralar verb (to labour, to work)
Romanian
1 entries- trudă noun (labor, work)
Russian
4 entries- беда́ noun (trouble, strife)
- го́ре noun (trouble, strife)
- рабо́та noun (labor, work)
- труд noun (labor, work)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- rabota noun (labor, work)
Spanish
4 entries- deslomadura noun (labor, work)
- afanar verb (to labour, to work)
- afanarse verb (to labour, to work)
- ajetrearse verb (to labour, to work)
Swedish
4 entries- slit noun (labor, work)
- stret noun (labor, work)
- knoga verb (to labour, to work)
- slita verb (to labour, to work)
Tamil
4 entries- உழைப்பு noun (labor, work)
- பாடு noun (labor, work)
- உழை verb (to labour, to work)
- பாடுபடு verb (to labour, to work)
Telugu
2 entries- కష్టపడు verb (to labour, to work)
- కష్టించు verb (to labour, to work)
Turkish
1 entries- didinmek verb (to labour, to work)
Ukrainian
1 entries- труди́тися verb (to labour, to work)
Venetan
1 entries- fadiga noun (labor, work)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The work of art, I decided, was the final product of human activity, and the final justification for all the misery, the endless toil and the frustrated strivings of humanity.
Source: tatoeba (238443)
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Source: tatoeba (246951)
The employees share the burden of toil.
Source: tatoeba (266553)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.