What is another word for labor?
1688 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈe͡ɪbə], [ lˈeɪbə], [ l_ˈeɪ_b_ə]
Labor is a word with many synonyms, each carrying slightly different connotations. "Work" is the most general synonym, encompassing any productive activity. "Effort" emphasizes exertion and energy. "Toil" often implies drudgery or hard physical labor. "Task" suggests a specific assignment or duty, while "job" refers to a position or occupation. "Employment" is a more formal term for work, while "career" emphasizes long-term professional development. "Occupation" refers to one's vocation or line of work. Finally, "labor" can also mean the process of childbirth, in which case synonyms would include "delivery," "childbearing," and "gestation." Regardless of the context, there are many words one can use to describe the act of laboring, from the mundane to the miraculous.
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Similar words for labor:
- action (noun)
- activity (noun)
- birthing (noun)
- childbirth (noun)
- delivery (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- drudgery (noun)
- effort (noun)
- elbow grease (noun)
- endeavor (noun)
- exercise (noun)
- exertion (noun)
- grind (noun)
- group (noun)
- hard work (noun)
- hardship (noun)
- industry (noun)
- long haul (noun)
- odd job (noun)
- operation (noun)
- part-time task (noun)
- person(s) performing service (noun)
- service (noun)
- slavery (noun)
- struggle (noun)
- task (noun)
- toil (noun)
- travail (noun)
- trouble (noun)
- work (noun)
- work, undertaking (noun)
- act (verb)
- agonize (verb)
- cultivate (verb)
- drudge (verb)
- endeavor (verb)
- essay (verb)
- exercise (verb)
- exert (verb)
- flounder (verb)
- keep at (verb)
- overwork (verb)
- plod (verb)
- serve (verb)
- strain (verb)
- strive (verb)
- sweat (verb)
- till (verb)
- toil (verb)
- toss (verb)
- try (verb)
- wade (verb)
- Labor Department
- act
- delivery
- drudge
- endeavor
- exert
- noun
- overdo
- overwork
- serve
- slog
- sweat
- union
- work
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Labor:
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- amniocentesis ,
- amniotic fluid ,
- antenatal ,
- anti-choice ,
- arrive ,
- baby blues ,
- baby shower ,
- the afterbirth .
- calisthenicses ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charges ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charges ,
- ex amination ,
- ex aminations ,
- ex-aminations ,
- exercisings ,
- re citation ,
- re citations ,
- re-citation ,
- re-citations ,
- schoolworks ,
- warm ups ,
- warmup ,
- warmups .
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforts ,
- herculean tasks ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in-jury ,
- mis chance ,
- mis chances ,
- mis-chance ,
- mis-chances ,
- rotten lucks ,
- tough breaks ,
- tough lucks ,
- uphill battles .
- de termination ,
- de terminations ,
- de-termination ,
- de-terminations ,
- dynamisms ,
- intentnesses ,
- tirelessnesses .
- carrying ons ,
- pro cess ,
- pro-cess ,
- pro-cesses ,
- trans action ,
- trans actions ,
- trans-action ,
- trans-actions .
- bullworks ,
- chains constraints ,
- feudalisms ,
- helotries ,
- in denture ,
- in dentures ,
- in-denture ,
- in-dentures ,
- peonages ,
- serfhoods ,
- vassalages .
-
v.
• act- appear ,
- behave ,
- comport ,
- conduct ,
- execute ,
- function ,
- move ,
- officiate ,
- perform ,
- perpetrate ,
- react ,
- transact .
- ate heart out ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- eating heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- ex cruciate ,
- ex-cruciate ,
- sang blues ,
- sang the blues ,
- sing blues ,
- singing blues ,
- sings blues ,
- sings the blues ,
- stewed over ,
- stewing over ,
- stews over ,
- sung blues ,
- sung the blues ,
- take badly ,
- takes badly ,
- takes it badly ,
- taking badly ,
- taking it badly ,
- took badly ,
- took it badly .
- back salt mines ,
- back the salt mines ,
- back to salt mines ,
- backed salt mines ,
- backed the salt mines ,
- backed to salt mines ,
- backed to the salt mines ,
- backing salt mines ,
- backing the salt mines ,
- backing to salt mines ,
- backing to the salt mines ,
- backs salt mines ,
- backs the salt mines ,
- backs to salt mines ,
- backs to the salt mines ,
- keep nose grindstone ,
- plugged away ,
- plugs away .
- bade for ,
- bidding for ,
- bids for ,
- did best ,
- did one best ,
- did one's best ,
- did ones best ,
- didst best ,
- didst one best ,
- didst one's best ,
- didst ones best ,
- do best ,
- do one best ,
- do ones best ,
- does best ,
- does one best ,
- does one's best ,
- does ones best ,
- doest best ,
- doest one best ,
- doest one's best ,
- doest ones best ,
- doeth best ,
- doeth one best ,
- doeth one's best ,
- doeth ones best ,
- doing best ,
- doing one best ,
- doing one's best ,
- doing ones best ,
- dost best ,
- dost one best ,
- dost one's best ,
- dost ones best ,
- doth best ,
- doth one best ,
- doth one's best ,
- doth ones best ,
- had a crack ,
- had a shot at ,
- had a swing at ,
- had crack ,
- had shot at ,
- had swing at ,
- haddest a crack ,
- haddest a shot at ,
- haddest a swing at ,
- haddest crack ,
- haddest shot at ,
- haddest swing at ,
- hadst a crack ,
- hadst a shot at ,
- hadst a swing at ,
- hadst crack ,
- hadst shot at ,
- hadst swing at ,
- hammering away ,
- has a crack ,
- has a shot at ,
- has a swing at ,
- has crack ,
- has shot at ,
- has swing at ,
- hast a crack ,
- hast a shot at ,
- hast a swing at ,
- hast crack ,
- hast shot at ,
- hast swing at ,
- hath a crack ,
- hath a shot at ,
- hath a swing at ,
- hath crack ,
- hath shot at ,
- hath swing at ,
- have crack ,
- have shot at ,
- have swing at ,
- having a crack ,
- having a shot at ,
- having a swing at ,
- having crack ,
- having shot at ,
- having swing at ,
- in tend ,
- in tended ,
- in tending ,
- in tends ,
- in-tend ,
- in-tended ,
- in-tending ,
- in-tends ,
- made a run at ,
- made an effort ,
- made effort ,
- made run at ,
- make run at ,
- makes a run at ,
- makes an effort ,
- makes effort ,
- makes run at ,
- making a run at ,
- making an effort ,
- making effort ,
- making run at ,
- pegged away ,
- pegging away ,
- pegs away ,
- poured it on ,
- poured on ,
- pouring it on ,
- pouring on ,
- pours it on ,
- pours on ,
- takes pains ,
- taking pains ,
- took pains .
- had a shot ,
- had at it ,
- had go ,
- had shot ,
- haddest a go ,
- haddest a shot ,
- haddest at it ,
- haddest go ,
- haddest it ,
- haddest shot ,
- hadst a go ,
- hadst a shot ,
- hadst at it ,
- hadst go ,
- hadst it ,
- hadst shot ,
- has a go ,
- has a shot ,
- has at it ,
- has go ,
- has it ,
- has shot ,
- hast a go ,
- hast a shot ,
- hast at it ,
- hast go ,
- hast it ,
- hast shot ,
- hath a go ,
- hath a shot ,
- hath at it ,
- hath go ,
- hath it ,
- hath shot ,
- have go ,
- have shot ,
- having a go ,
- having a shot ,
- having at it ,
- having go ,
- having it ,
- having shot ,
- put test ,
- put the test ,
- put to test ,
- puts test ,
- puts the test ,
- puts to test ,
- puts to the test ,
- putting test ,
- putting the test ,
- putting to test ,
- putting to the test ,
- take stab at ,
- take whack at ,
- takes a stab at ,
- takes a whack at ,
- takes stab at ,
- takes whack at ,
- taking a stab at ,
- taking a whack at ,
- taking stab at ,
- taking whack at ,
- took a stab at ,
- took a whack at ,
- took stab at ,
- took whack at .
- dried run ,
- dries run ,
- drying run ,
- lick in to shape ,
- licked in to shape ,
- licked into shape ,
- licking in to shape ,
- licking into shape ,
- licks in to shape ,
- licks into shape ,
- limbered up ,
- limbering up ,
- limbers up ,
- loosened up ,
- loosening up ,
- loosens up ,
- pumped iron ,
- pumps iron ,
- puts through grind ,
- puts through mill ,
- putting through grind ,
- putting through mill ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- runs through ,
- walked through ,
- walking through ,
- walks through .
- came apart at seams ,
- came apart at the seams ,
- came apart seams ,
- came apart the seams ,
- casting about ,
- casts about ,
- come apart seams ,
- come apart the seams ,
- comes apart at seams ,
- comes apart at the seams ,
- comes apart seams ,
- comes apart the seams ,
- coming apart at seams ,
- coming apart at the seams ,
- coming apart seams ,
- coming apart the seams ,
- drop ball ,
- dropped ball ,
- dropping ball ,
- drops ball ,
- drops the ball ,
- dropt ball ,
- dropt the ball ,
- go pieces ,
- goes at backwards ,
- goes backwards ,
- going at backwards ,
- going backwards ,
- made a mess of ,
- made mess of ,
- make mess of ,
- makes a mess of ,
- makes mess of ,
- making a mess of ,
- making mess of ,
- miss cue ,
- miss one cue ,
- miss ones cue ,
- missed cue ,
- missed one cue ,
- missed one's cue ,
- missed ones cue ,
- misses cue ,
- misses one cue ,
- misses one's cue ,
- misses ones cue ,
- missing cue ,
- missing one cue ,
- missing one's cue ,
- missing ones cue ,
- pratfalled ,
- pratfalling ,
- slipt up ,
- snafuing ,
- stub one toe ,
- stub ones toe ,
- stubbed one toe ,
- stubbed one's toe ,
- stubbed ones toe ,
- stubbed toe ,
- stubbing one toe ,
- stubbing one's toe ,
- stubbing ones toe ,
- stubbing toe ,
- stubs one toe ,
- stubs one's toe ,
- stubs ones toe ,
- stubs toe ,
- tripping up ,
- trips up ,
- went at backwards ,
- went backwards ,
- working at ,
- works at ,
- wrought at .
- am steadfast ,
- are steadfast ,
- art steadfast ,
- being steadfast ,
- is steadfast ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- was steadfast ,
- wast steadfast ,
- were steadfast ,
- wert steadfast .
- exploitationed ,
- exploitationing ,
- over work ,
- over worked ,
- over working ,
- over works ,
- over wrought ,
- over-work ,
- over-worked ,
- over-working ,
- over-works .
- am employed by ,
- are employed by ,
- being employed by ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charging ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charging ,
- is employed by ,
- sub serve ,
- sub served ,
- sub serves ,
- sub serving ,
- sub-serve ,
- sub-served ,
- sub-serves ,
- sub-serving ,
- was employed by ,
- wast employed by ,
- were employed by ,
- wert employed by .
- bended over backward ,
- bending over backward ,
- bends over backward ,
- bent over backward ,
- brake neck ,
- brake one neck ,
- brake one's neck ,
- brake ones neck ,
- break neck ,
- break one neck ,
- break ones neck ,
- breaking neck ,
- breaking one neck ,
- breaking one's neck ,
- breaking ones neck ,
- breaks neck ,
- breaks one neck ,
- breaks one's neck ,
- breaks ones neck ,
- broke neck ,
- broke one neck ,
- broke one's neck ,
- broke ones neck ,
- did one utmost ,
- did one's utmost ,
- did ones utmost ,
- did utmost ,
- didst one utmost ,
- didst one's utmost ,
- didst ones utmost ,
- didst utmost ,
- do one utmost ,
- do ones utmost ,
- do utmost ,
- does one utmost ,
- does one's utmost ,
- does ones utmost ,
- does utmost ,
- doest one utmost ,
- doest one's utmost ,
- doest ones utmost ,
- doest utmost ,
- doeth one utmost ,
- doeth one's utmost ,
- doeth ones utmost ,
- doeth utmost ,
- doing one utmost ,
- doing one's utmost ,
- doing ones utmost ,
- doing utmost ,
- dost one utmost ,
- dost one's utmost ,
- dost ones utmost ,
- dost utmost ,
- doth one utmost ,
- doth one's utmost ,
- doth ones utmost ,
- doth utmost ,
- go limit ,
- goes for jugular ,
- goes for the jugular ,
- goes limit ,
- goes the limit ,
- going for jugular ,
- going for the jugular ,
- going limit ,
- going the limit ,
- knocked oneself out ,
- knocking oneself out ,
- knocks oneself out ,
- leaved no stone unturned ,
- leaves no stone unturned ,
- leaving no stone unturned ,
- left no stone unturned ,
- made every effort ,
- makes every effort ,
- making every effort ,
- shooting for ,
- shoots for ,
- shot for ,
- went after ,
- went for jugular ,
- went for the jugular ,
- went limit ,
- went the limit .
- am on pins and needles ,
- am on pins needles ,
- am on tenterhooks ,
- am pins and needles ,
- am pins needles ,
- am tenterhooks ,
- are on pins and needles ,
- are on pins needles ,
- are on tenterhooks ,
- are pins and needles ,
- are pins needles ,
- are tenterhooks ,
- art pins and needles ,
- art pins needles ,
- art tenterhooks ,
- be on pins needles ,
- be pins and needles ,
- be pins needles ,
- be tenterhooks ,
- being on pins and needles ,
- being on pins needles ,
- being on tenterhooks ,
- being pins and needles ,
- being pins needles ,
- being tenterhooks ,
- is on pins and needles ,
- is on pins needles ,
- is on tenterhooks ,
- is pins and needles ,
- is pins needles ,
- is tenterhooks ,
- loses sleep over ,
- losing sleep over ,
- lost sleep over ,
- staid course ,
- staid the course ,
- stay course ,
- stayed course ,
- staying course ,
- staying the course ,
- stays course ,
- stays the course ,
- sticked it out ,
- sticking it out ,
- sticks it out ,
- stuck it out ,
- was on pins and needles ,
- was on pins needles ,
- was on tenterhooks ,
- was pins and needles ,
- was pins needles ,
- was tenterhooks ,
- wast on pins and needles ,
- wast on pins needles ,
- wast on tenterhooks ,
- wast pins and needles ,
- wast pins needles ,
- wast tenterhooks ,
- were on pins and needles ,
- were on pins needles ,
- were on tenterhooks ,
- were pins and needles ,
- were pins needles ,
- were tenterhooks ,
- wert on pins and needles ,
- wert on pins needles ,
- wert on tenterhooks ,
- wert pins and needles ,
- wert pins needles ,
- wert tenterhooks ,
- worked hard ,
- works hard ,
- wrought hard .
- pushed oneself ,
- pushes oneself ,
- pushing oneself ,
- work like dog ,
- worked like a dog ,
- worked like dog ,
- working like a dog ,
- working like dog ,
- works like a dog ,
- works like dog ,
- wrought like a dog ,
- wrought like dog .
- moved restlessly ,
- moves restlessly ,
- moving restlessly ,
- rise fall ,
- rises and fall ,
- rises fall ,
- rising and fall ,
- rising fall ,
- rose and fall ,
- rose fall .
- chipping away at ,
- chips away at ,
- drave for ,
- drives for ,
- driving for ,
- drove for ,
- exerted oneself ,
- exerting oneself ,
- exerts oneself ,
- had a stab ,
- had a whack ,
- had stab ,
- had whack ,
- haddest a stab ,
- haddest a whack ,
- haddest stab ,
- haddest whack ,
- hadst a stab ,
- hadst a whack ,
- hadst stab ,
- hadst whack ,
- has a stab ,
- has a whack ,
- has stab ,
- has whack ,
- hast a stab ,
- hast a whack ,
- hast stab ,
- hast whack ,
- hath a stab ,
- hath a whack ,
- hath stab ,
- hath whack ,
- have stab ,
- have whack ,
- having a stab ,
- having a whack ,
- having stab ,
- having whack ,
- lift finger ,
- lifted a finger ,
- lifted finger ,
- lifting a finger ,
- lifting finger ,
- lifts a finger ,
- lifts finger ,
- made a bid ,
- made a pass at ,
- made an attempt ,
- made attempt ,
- made bid ,
- made pass at ,
- make attempt ,
- make bid ,
- make pass at ,
- makes a bid ,
- makes a pass at ,
- makes an attempt ,
- makes attempt ,
- makes bid ,
- makes pass at ,
- making a bid ,
- making a pass at ,
- making an attempt ,
- making attempt ,
- making bid ,
- making pass at ,
- pro pose ,
- pro posed ,
- pro posing ,
- pro-pose ,
- pro-posing ,
- puts oneself out ,
- putting oneself out ,
- vied for ,
- vies for ,
- vying for .
- gat feet wet ,
- gat stuck in ,
- gets feet wet ,
- gets stuck in ,
- getting feet wet ,
- getting stuck in ,
- got feet wet ,
- got stuck in ,
- gotten feet wet ,
- gotten stuck in ,
- jumped in ,
- jumping in ,
- jumps in ,
- light in to ,
- lighted in to ,
- lighted into ,
- lighting in to ,
- lighting into ,
- lights in to ,
- lights into ,
- lit in to ,
- lit into ,
- sets about ,
- sets to ,
- setting about ,
- setting to ,
- tare in to ,
- tare into ,
- tear in to ,
- tearing in to ,
- tearing into ,
- tears in to ,
- tears into ,
- tore in to ,
- tore into ,
- torn in to ,
- torn into ,
- worked through ,
- working through ,
- works through ,
- wrought through .
Other synonyms:
- ACTU ,
- COSATU ,
- Human Capital ,
- Trades Union Congress ,
- accouchement ,
- birthing ,
- buckle down ,
- childbearing ,
- closed shop ,
- equity ,
- grind away ,
- labor force ,
- labor market ,
- labor union ,
- manpower ,
- nonunion ,
- open shop ,
- organize ,
- overstretch ,
- parturition ,
- shop steward ,
- syndicalism ,
- teamster ,
- the AFL-CIO ,
- the CBI ,
- the TUC ,
- trades union ,
- union ,
- unionize ,
- unionized ,
- workforce .
- develop .
- forge .
- staff .
Other relevant words:
- Disciplining ,
- FORDS ,
- Floundered ,
- Forded ,
- Gardened ,
- Hoed ,
- Hoeing ,
- Joggled ,
- Joggling ,
- Lasted ,
- Martyred ,
- Martyring ,
- Moiling ,
- Mulched ,
- Mulching ,
- Racked ,
- Seeding ,
- Struggled ,
- Winced ,
- act ,
- agonize ,
- be steadfast ,
- bend over backward ,
- bobble ,
- bobbled ,
- bobbles ,
- bobbling ,
- break one's neck ,
- cast about ,
- chip away at ,
- chipped away at ,
- come apart at seams ,
- come apart at the seams ,
- cultivate ,
- disciplined ,
- do one's utmost ,
- drive for ,
- drop the ball ,
- dropped the ball ,
- dropping the ball ,
- drudge ,
- eat heart out ,
- exert ,
- exert oneself ,
- fall down ,
- falling down ,
- falls down ,
- fell down ,
- flounder ,
- ford ,
- fording ,
- get feet wet ,
- get stuck in ,
- go after ,
- go all out ,
- go at backwards ,
- go backwards ,
- go for jugular ,
- go for the jugular ,
- go out ,
- go the limit ,
- goes out ,
- going all out ,
- grub ,
- habituate ,
- had a go ,
- had it ,
- harrow ,
- have a go ,
- have a shot ,
- have a stab ,
- have a whack ,
- have at it ,
- have it ,
- hoe ,
- hoes ,
- joggle ,
- joggles ,
- jump in ,
- keep at ,
- knock oneself out ,
- knuckle down ,
- lament ,
- leave no stone unturned ,
- lick into shape ,
- lift a finger ,
- light into ,
- limber up ,
- loosen up ,
- lurch ,
- lurching ,
- make a bid ,
- make a mess of ,
- make a pass at ,
- make an attempt ,
- make every effort ,
- miss one's cue ,
- move restlessly ,
- overwork ,
- plod ,
- plough ,
- plough through ,
- ploughed ,
- ploughing ,
- ploughs ,
- plowed ,
- pratfall ,
- pratfalls ,
- pump iron ,
- pumping iron ,
- push oneself ,
- put oneself out ,
- put through grind ,
- put through mill ,
- put to the test ,
- raise crops ,
- rise and fall ,
- seeded ,
- serve ,
- set about ,
- set to ,
- shoot for ,
- sing the blues ,
- singing the blues ,
- slip up ,
- slipped up ,
- slipping up ,
- slips up ,
- slog ,
- snafued ,
- stew over ,
- strain ,
- strife ,
- strive ,
- stub one's toe ,
- stub toe ,
- take a stab at ,
- take a whack at ,
- take it badly ,
- tear into ,
- till ,
- torturing ,
- toss ,
- trip up ,
- tripped up ,
- try ,
- try out ,
- vie for ,
- wade ,
- wading ,
- walk through ,
- warm up ,
- warmed up ,
- warming up ,
- warms up ,
- wince ,
- work ,
- work at ,
- work like a dog ,
- work through ,
- worked at ,
- writhing .
- Maneuvered ,
- Operated ,
- Perking ,
- Perpetrated ,
- Persisted ,
- Responding ,
- do a number ,
- do one's thing ,
- functions ,
- get in there ,
- get there ,
- go for broke ,
- go for it ,
- go in for ,
- go that route ,
- go to town ,
- going about ,
- going for broke ,
- made progress ,
- make progress ,
- making progress ,
- moves ,
- operate ,
- perked ,
- practice ,
- take effect ,
- take part ,
- take steps ,
- take up ,
- takes steps ,
- taking part ,
- took part ,
- took steps ,
- transort .
- Travailed ,
- Travailing ,
- back to the salt mines ,
- keep nose to grindstone ,
- mucked ,
- mucking ,
- plug away ,
- plugging away .
- Endeavoring ,
- bad for ,
- bid for ,
- do one's best ,
- have a crack ,
- have a shot at ,
- have a swing at ,
- humped ,
- humping ,
- make a run at ,
- make an effort ,
- peg away ,
- pour it on ,
- pour on ,
- take pains .
- Exerted ,
- Wielding ,
- apply oneself ,
- expend ,
- give all one's got ,
- give best shot ,
- make effort ,
- put forth ,
- sweat it ,
- tried hard ,
- try hard .
- Activities ,
- Chare ,
- Day's work ,
- Doing ,
- Entelechy ,
- Epigenesis ,
- Geniture ,
- Heterogamy ,
- Labour Party ,
- Moles ,
- Multiparity ,
- Plugging ,
- Progeneration ,
- Scut Work ,
- Worked ,
- Yean ,
- accent ,
- accept ,
- accurate ,
- acquire ,
- active ,
- advertise ,
- advertize ,
- affairs ,
- affect ,
- agency ,
- agitate ,
- agriculture ,
- aim ,
- albumen ,
- always trot out ,
- anxious ,
- apprehend ,
- apprentice ,
- assiduous ,
- assimilation ,
- backup man ,
- bag ,
- be agitated ,
- be busy ,
- be confined ,
- be determined ,
- be distressed ,
- be employed ,
- be skilled in ,
- be troubled ,
- bear ,
- bear a child ,
- bear down ,
- bear on ,
- bear young ,
- beat back ,
- beautiful ,
- belabor ,
- belabour ,
- beneficial ,
- birth pang ,
- birth pangs ,
- birth throes ,
- blessed event ,
- blowing out ,
- blunder ,
- boil ,
- bourgeoisie ,
- bray ,
- breadwinner ,
- break one's back ,
- breakable ,
- bringing forth ,
- bustle ,
- busy ,
- busywork ,
- cabinet ,
- calve ,
- campaign ,
- care ,
- careen ,
- careful ,
- cast ,
- char ,
- charge ,
- childbed ,
- churn ,
- classroom project ,
- collaborate ,
- collected works ,
- collective noun ,
- comminute ,
- compass ,
- complete ,
- complicate ,
- comprehend ,
- concernment ,
- confinement ,
- constancy ,
- constrain ,
- contractions ,
- contrive ,
- corvee ,
- costly ,
- council ,
- courts ,
- cranch ,
- crowd ,
- crunch ,
- crusade ,
- cut into ,
- daily grind ,
- dainty ,
- defense ,
- delicate ,
- delve ,
- department of labor ,
- design ,
- detail ,
- development ,
- difficulty ,
- dig ,
- dig out ,
- diligence ,
- diligent ,
- dirty work ,
- distress ,
- do business ,
- dol ,
- donkeywork ,
- dress ,
- drive ,
- drop ,
- drudgery ,
- duty ,
- dwell ,
- dwell on ,
- dwell upon ,
- earn ,
- education ,
- effacement ,
- elaborate ,
- elbow grease ,
- employee ,
- employees ,
- endeavour ,
- endure ,
- energy ,
- enlarge upon ,
- errand ,
- escapade ,
- essay ,
- evolution ,
- excavate ,
- excitation ,
- execution ,
- fag ,
- falter ,
- farrow ,
- fatigue ,
- fawn ,
- fecundation ,
- fertilization ,
- fight ,
- fine ,
- fish to fry ,
- flounce ,
- foal ,
- force ,
- force back ,
- fragile ,
- fret ,
- gain ,
- gemination ,
- generation ,
- genesis ,
- germination ,
- gestation ,
- get ,
- get the picture ,
- give birth ,
- giving birth ,
- go ,
- go into ,
- go into detail ,
- grasp ,
- grate ,
- grind ,
- growth ,
- gruntwork ,
- hack ,
- hackneyed ,
- hammer away at ,
- hand ,
- handicraft ,
- handiwork ,
- handwork ,
- hard hat ,
- hard work ,
- hardship ,
- harp on ,
- hasten ,
- hatching ,
- have ,
- have a baby ,
- have a job ,
- have in hand ,
- have young ,
- haymaking ,
- help ,
- helper ,
- hesitate ,
- hireling ,
- hollow ,
- homework ,
- house of representatives ,
- impregnation ,
- industrial ,
- insist upon ,
- instrument ,
- interior ,
- jab ,
- jade ,
- journey ,
- justice ,
- keep up ,
- kitten ,
- labor movement ,
- labor party ,
- labor the point ,
- labored ,
- laborer ,
- laborers ,
- laboring ,
- laboriousness ,
- labour ,
- labouring ,
- lamb ,
- learner ,
- lick ,
- linger ,
- litter ,
- long haul ,
- lookout ,
- lug ,
- lying-in ,
- make-work ,
- manual labor ,
- manual worker ,
- matter ,
- matters in hand ,
- maturation ,
- midwifery ,
- mission ,
- moil ,
- moonlight ,
- motor ,
- nascency ,
- nativity ,
- obstetrics ,
- operative ,
- output ,
- outwear ,
- overdo ,
- overemphasize ,
- overstress ,
- pain ,
- pains ,
- painstaking ,
- parliament ,
- parturiency ,
- patience ,
- perfect ,
- perpetration ,
- perseverance ,
- persist ,
- persistence ,
- piece of work ,
- pitch ,
- plan ,
- plunge ,
- poke ,
- political party ,
- practice a profession ,
- praxis ,
- precious ,
- prentice ,
- press ,
- procedure ,
- procreation ,
- prod ,
- produce ,
- product ,
- project ,
- projection ,
- proletariat ,
- promote ,
- propagation ,
- pull ,
- pup ,
- pursuit ,
- push ,
- push back ,
- push on ,
- ram ,
- rank and file ,
- rat race ,
- reel ,
- refined ,
- reiterate ,
- repel ,
- repulse ,
- resolve ,
- restriction ,
- rock ,
- roil ,
- roll ,
- savvy ,
- seek ,
- seethe ,
- senate ,
- serfdom ,
- seriousness ,
- servility ,
- set up shop ,
- slave ,
- slavery ,
- slogging ,
- soft ,
- spadework ,
- speed ,
- spell out ,
- stagger ,
- state ,
- stew ,
- stilt ,
- stint ,
- stir ,
- stork ,
- stress ,
- striving ,
- stroke ,
- struggle ,
- study ,
- stumble ,
- suffer ,
- supreme court ,
- sway ,
- sweat ,
- sweat blood ,
- sweat of one's brow ,
- swing ,
- swot ,
- take ,
- tend ,
- tender ,
- thing ,
- things to do ,
- thralldom ,
- thrash about ,
- throes ,
- throw ,
- tire ,
- tire out ,
- tired ,
- toiler ,
- toss and turn ,
- tote ,
- totter ,
- trade union movement ,
- travail ,
- travel ,
- treadmill ,
- treasury ,
- trite ,
- trouble ,
- troubled ,
- trudge ,
- tug ,
- tumble ,
- turn over ,
- undertaking ,
- urge forward ,
- valuable ,
- villeinage ,
- wade through ,
- wage earner ,
- wallop ,
- wallow ,
- wear ,
- wear down ,
- wear out ,
- wear upon ,
- weary ,
- welter ,
- whelp ,
- work for ,
- work force ,
- work hard ,
- work oneself to the bone ,
- work out ,
- worker ,
- workers ,
- working class ,
- working man ,
- working people ,
- wrestle .
- be on pins and needles ,
- be on tenterhooks ,
- lose sleep over ,
- stay the course ,
- stayed the course ,
- stick it out ,
- working hard .
- be gainfully employed ,
- care for ,
- cared for ,
- cares for ,
- did business ,
- do a job ,
- doing business ,
- earn a living ,
- freelanced ,
- freelances ,
- freelancing ,
- hold a job ,
- moonlighted ,
- moonlighting ,
- nine-to-five it ,
- punch a clock .
- Helotry ,
- Servileness ,
- activity ,
- backbreaking work ,
- bullwork ,
- calisthenics ,
- chains constraint ,
- deadweight ,
- deadweights ,
- drillings ,
- dynamism ,
- effort ,
- endeavor ,
- exercise ,
- exertion ,
- exploitation ,
- feudalism ,
- fun and games ,
- grindstone ,
- grindstones ,
- grubwork ,
- gym ,
- gyms ,
- hard way ,
- head ache ,
- indenture ,
- industry ,
- intentness ,
- lesson ,
- lessons ,
- long row to hoe ,
- ministration ,
- ministrations ,
- natality ,
- nativities ,
- nine-to-five ,
- odd-job ,
- operation ,
- peonage ,
- piece work ,
- rotten luck ,
- schoolwork ,
- serfhood ,
- service ,
- serviceability ,
- servicing ,
- servicings ,
- set task ,
- set-to ,
- setto ,
- subjection ,
- subjugation ,
- subjugations ,
- task ,
- tirelessness ,
- toil ,
- tough break ,
- tough grind ,
- tough luck ,
- transference ,
- transferences ,
- tryout ,
- uphill battle ,
- vassalage ,
- vicissitude ,
- visit from stork ,
- warm-up ,
- warm-ups ,
- workmanship .
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How to use "Labor" in context?
The word "labor" comes from the Latin word "laborare," meaning "to work." In general, labor is the activity or process of producing or obtaining something useful or serviceable. Labor is also the means of dies production or income. Labor can be physical or mental, and it can be skilled or unskilled.
Producing and obtaining useful or serviceable items is an essential part of human life. Societies and civilizations have been built and grown based on the production of goods and services. Labor is a necessary part of any productive enterprise.
Work is essential to the maintenance of a civilized society.
Paraphrases for Labor:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
labour.
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Noun, singular or mass
labour.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
laborers.
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Noun, singular or mass
laborer.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
job, parturition.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
employment, work, working.
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Noun, singular or mass
employment, work, working, workmanship, labor-management.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Labor:
- looper, live-bearer, live wire, lay over, louver, liberia, lophophora, love affair, leafhopper, lover, lobar, louvar, layover, lowbrow, liver, libber, libra, Le Havre, library, livery, lever, louvre, lifer, lopper, loafer, leper, leaper, laffer, leap year, laborer, labour, laber, lubber, labourer, leaver, lyallpur, laver, live over, life peer.
Hyponym for Labor:
n.
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group
social class, stratum, class, socio-economic class.
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group
v.
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body
undergo.
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body
Meronym for Labor:
n.
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group
proletarian, worker, prole.
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group
Word of the Day
detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
