grunt

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GRUNT

speech that is not clear enough to be understood <preoccupied with what he was doing, the mechanic gave only a grunt when I asked when the car would be ready>

Synonyms grunt, grunting, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

Related Words rumor, undertone, whisper; babble, babbling, blab, blabbing, chatter, chattering, drivel, driveling (or drivelling), gabble, gabbling, jabber, jabbering, maundering, prattle, prattling, rambling

a person who does very hard or dull work <we have an opening in the warehouse if you don't mind doing grunt work>

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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