Synonyms and antonyms of To make someone work hard in British Thesaurus

work (verb)

to make someone work

drive (verb)

to make someone work or try very hard

push (verb)

to force someone to make a great effort, especially at school or in their career

keep someone busy ()

to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about, often as a way of filling up time

occupy (verb)

to keep someone busy at an activity

swamp (verb)

to give someone too much to deal with at one time

overwork (verb)

to make someone work harder than is reasonable

overload (verb)

to give someone too much work to do

stretch (verb)

to make someone use all their intelligence or ability, especially in a way that is interesting or enjoyable

besiege (verb)

to make more requests, offers, comments, or complaints than someone can deal with

barrage (verb)

if you are barraged by criticisms, complaints, or questions, you have to deal with a large number of them at the same time

light a fire under someone ()

to make someone work harder

overburden (verb)

formal to give someone more work or problems than they can deal with

run someone ragged ()

to make someone feel extremely tired by forcing them to do a lot of work

run/work/drive someone into the ground ()

to make someone work very hard, until they are so tired that they cannot work any more

set someone to work ()

to make someone do work for you, especially when they do not want to do this