Synonyms & related words for travail

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of travail — including toil, labor, moil, drudge, work, drudgery. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to travail

Explore words related to travail — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include exertion, toilful, effort, antilabor, entoil, hackwork, operose, toilsome. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for travail

Common synonyms for travail include toil, labor, moil, drudge, work, drudgery, pains, sweat — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does travail come from?

The word travail breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root travail-, from Latin trepalium (“instrument of torture”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.