Antonyms for grinder
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : grahyn-der |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgraɪn dər |
- abnormal
- apathetic
- atypical
- beat
- careless
- different
- disinterested
- eccentric
- enervated
- failing
- foreign
- idle
- ignorant
- inactive
- inattentive
- inconstant
- indifferent
- indolent
- infrequent
- irregular
- irresolute
- lackadaisical
- languid
- lazy
- lethargic
- neglectful
- negligent
- new
- occasional
- original
- rare
- slack
- strange
- thoughtless
- tired
- tiring
- uncareful
- uncommon
- unconcerned
- unconventional
- unemployed
- unenthusiastic
- unfamiliar
- unpersevering
- unproductive
- unscrupulous
- unsteady
- unusual
- weak
- weary
- worn out
Definition of grinder
Origin :- Old English grindere "one who grinds (grain);" agent noun from grind (v.). Meaning "molar tooth" is late 14c. (Old English had grindetoð). Meaning "machine for milling" is from 1660s; of persons, from late 15c. Large sandwich sense is from 1954, though the exact signification is uncertain (perhaps from the amount of chewing required to eat one).
- As in industrious : adj hardworking
- As in tireless : adj determined
- As in untiring : adj determined, persevering
- As in usual : adj common, typical
- As in unwearied : adj tireless
- As in weariless : adj tireless
- As in diligent : adj persevering, hard-working
- As in submarine : noun sandwich
- As in machine tool : noun precision tool
- As in hero sandwich : noun large sandwich
- As in submarine sandwich : noun large long sandwich
- As in tooth : noun bony object in mouth
- As in hero : noun submarine sandwich
- The distant screech of the grinder was muffled and not unpleasant.
- Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
- The Grinder had left this paper with his mother, and she had written letters to him from it.
- Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
- The man to judge a forger's work is a grinder, and not another forger.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- Henry spoke to the grinder, and asked him if there was anything amiss with the stone.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- The Grinder had not been taken, and a further remand was necessary.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- You see that this fellow whom they call the Grinder was certainly the man I struck.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- “Your turn next, Grinder,” he heard some one say as he passed.
- Extract from : « Reginald Cruden » by Talbot Baines Reed
- Grinder was arrested and tried but no proof could be secured.
- Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
- He held out his hands, hardened with manual toil—the hands of a grinder.
- Extract from : « Tales of Secret Egypt » by Sax Rohmer
- The Spitfire, Cracker, and Grinder were now coming into action.
- Extract from : « The British Expedition to the Crimea » by William Howard Russell
Synonyms for grinder
- accepted
- accustomed
- active
- assiduous
- attentive
- average
- ball of fire
- bicuspid
- blimpie
- borer
- broaching machine
- burning
- busy
- canine
- careful
- chronic
- commonplace
- conscientious
- constant
- continued
- continuing
- conventional
- current
- cuspid
- customary
- cut-and-dried
- dedicated
- dent
- dentation
- denticle
- dentile
- devoted
- diligent
- dogged
- drill
- dynamic
- eager
- eager beaver
- earnest
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- everyday
- expected
- eyetooth
- facing machine
- familiar
- fang
- fireball
- firm
- fixed
- frequent
- garden variety
- general
- go-go
- grind
- grinder
- habitual
- hard-working
- hero
- hero sandwich
- hoagie
- hoagy
- hyper
- in full swing
- incessant
- incisor
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- industrious
- inexhaustible
- intent
- involved
- Italian sandwich
- ivory
- jumping
- laborious
- laniary
- lathe
- mainstream
- matter-of-course
- mill
- molar
- natural
- normal
- occupied
- on the go
- operose
- ordinary
- painstaking
- patient
- perky
- persevering
- persistent
- persisting
- pertinacious
- plain
- planer
- plastic
- plodding
- plugging
- point
- poorboy
- premolar
- press drill
- prevailing
- prevalent
- productive
- psyched up on
- purposeful
- quotidian
- regular
- resolute
- rife
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- saw
- sedulous
- serration
- shaper
- snag
- so-so
- spirited
- standard
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- stock
- strenuous
- strong
- studious
- sub
- submarine
- submarine sandwich
- tapping machine
- tenacious
- threading machine
- tine
- tireless
- torpedo
- tusk
- typic
- unceasing
- undeterred
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unrelenting
- unremarkable
- unremitting
- unstinted
- unswerving
- untiring
- unwavering
- unwearied
- unwearying
- vanilla
- vigorous
- weariless
- wedge
- white-bread
- wonted
- workaday
- zealous
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