hard at work
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- grindingMolar action sometimes
hustling · focused · productive · sweating · laboring · dedicated · tireless · driven · nose to the grindstone · burning midnight oil · overtime · deadline · concentrated · absorbed · engrossed · striving · effort · elbow grease
- persistingpersisting, persevering, persistence, perseverance, continuing
effort and activity level
hard at workloafing
Passing time idly
doing nothing · coasting · taking it easy · killing time · slacking off
leisure vs. labor
hard at workrelaxing
Becoming less tense
at leisure · on vacation · taking a break · off duty · at play
diligence and conscientiousness
hard at workslacking off
Neglecting responsibilities deliberately
shirking · lazy · procrastinating · goldbricking · malingering