Synonyms of fatigues

fatigues 1 of 2

noun

plural of fatigue

as in sweats

very hard or unpleasant work

although he had joined the army for action and adventure, much of his day seemed to be devoted to mindless fatigues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sweats
• labors
• efforts
• pains
• toils
• exertions
• drudgeries
• grinds
• struggles
• drudges
• travails
• slaveries
• troubles
• responsibilities
• moils
• donkeyworks
• duties
• obligations
• jobs
• chores
• treadmills
• spadeworks
• tediums
• routines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plays
• fun
• relaxations
• eases
• sports
• rests
• reposes
• amusements
• entertainments
• diversions
• recreations
• dalliances
• decompressions
• leisures
• inertias
• inactivities
• dormancies

fatigues

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fatigue

as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of

the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wears
• exhausts
• kills
• tires
• drains
• busts
• wearies
• wastes
• burns out
• harasses
• outwears
• breaks
• fags
• knocks out
• wears out
• frazzles
• washes out
• does in
• weakens
• debilitates
• saps
• enervates
• wears to a frazzle
• enfeebles
• does up
• tuckers (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• activates
• energizes
• strengthens
• invigorates
• rests
• vitalizes
• relaxes
• rejuvenates
• unwinds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fatigues

Noun

Spatola stepped out of fatigues and back on to the hardwood as an assistant coach for Duke basketball between 2007 and 2012. — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026

But unlike actual fatigues, this is cut to drape just right in all the right places and is clean of any distressing and patches. — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026

His military officer's cap and saber rested on the coffin, which was flanked by men in fatigues. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Castro looked frail and thinner In his traditional olive-green fatigues, but was seen walking, standing and talking. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

Cordell, a polite man wearing fatigues and a pained expression, sat nearby. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Guard members, clearly distinguished by their military fatigues, have been seen throughout downtown Memphis on patrols and directing traffic during events. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Estonia has, in the past year, observed Russian men in fatigues near its border. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Neighbors and other observers in the area blew whistles, honked horns and yelled outrage, with some recording the detention from a distance, but the agents — wearing military-style fatigues and equipment — got the 57-year-old into a vehicle and drove away. — Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026

Verb

During perimenopause, as estrogen plummets, that production pathway goes into hyperdrive, which quickly fatigues the fibroblasts, cells in the connective tissue tasked with making collagen. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026