break one's back

Questions about break one's back

What is another word for break one's back?

It depends which break one's back you mean. In the sense “work very hard, like a slave”, the synonyms are slave, buckle down, knuckle down. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of break one's back?

WordNet records no antonym for break one's back. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for break one's back come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of break one's back

• Full entry for break one's backAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for break one's backWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.