swot
3 synonyms for swot, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — (informal) To study very hard and with great effort.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From a dialectal English word, which came from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt ("perspiration; sweat"), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą ("sweat"). See further at sweat.
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