work at

1. 1.

   to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something

   “the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold”

   Synonymswork on

   Broaderwork

   Narrowerbelabor

Questions about work at

What does work at mean?

work at means "to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something".

What is another word for work at?

Close synonyms include work on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is work at a common word?

work at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.