grub

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GRUB

substances intended to be eaten <after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub>

Synonyms bread, chow, chuck [chiefly West], comestibles, eatables, eats, edibles, fare, foodstuffs, grub, meat, provender, provisions, table, tucker [chiefly Australian], viands, victuals, vittles

Near Antonyms bane, poison, toxin, venom

a person who does very hard or dull work <you may have to spend some time working as a grub before challenging work comes your way>

Synonyms dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker

Related Words workhorse; coolie, serf

Near Antonyms goldbrick, shirker; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

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