labor

The word “labor” has 2 syllables: la-bor

It's pronounced as /ˈleɪ.bər/

What is synonym and antonym for labor?

In the thesaurus, “labor” has 185 synonyms and 77 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for labor along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for labor

abortion
accouchement
activity
affair
aftereffect
aftermath
apprentice
article
attack
attempt
bang away
bear
beast
birth
birth pang
birth pangs
blue-collar worker
bother
breadwinner
burden
by-product
caesarean section
cesarean section
childbearing
childbed
childbirth
chore
commodity
conclusion
confinement
consequence
contraction
contractions
corollary
cultivate
daily grind
delivery
derivative
development
dig in
diligence
dint
donkeywork
drive
drudge
drudgery
duty
effect
effort
eke out
elbow grease
employee
employment
endeavor
energy
entry
essay
exercise
exert
exert oneself
exertion
expenditure
fag
fatigue
fling
force
fruit
giving birth
go
goods
grind
grind away
grub
gruntwork
hand
handcraft
handicraft
handiwork
hard hat
headache
heavy lifting
help
helper
hireling
hump
hustle
industry
issue
job
killer
knuckle down
laborer
learner
line
load
lucubration
lying-in
merchandise
might
miscarriage
moil
moonlight
muscle
natural childbirth
nuisance
object
obligation
offshoot
offspring
operation
outcome
outgrowth
output
overexert
overwork
pains
parturition
pass
pitch in
plod
plow
plug
plug away
pour it on
power
pregnancy
prentice
produce
product
production
proletarian
puissance
pull
push
put out
rank and file
residual
responsibility
result
resultant
routine
scrabble
scratch
sequel
sequence
shot
side effect
side reaction
slave
slavery
slog
spadework
spin-off
stab
strain
stress
strive
struggle
sweat
sweat blood
tedium
tend
thing
throes
toil
toiler
travail
treadmill
trial
trouble
trudge
try
tug
upshot
wade
wares
weight
whack
while
work
work force
work oneself to the bone
worker
working people
yield

Antonyms for labor

adroitness
amusement
bask
be lazy
break
breeze
bum
check
chill
cinch
dabble
dalliance
dally
dallying
decompression
dillydally
diversion
doodle
dormancy
duck soup
ease
entertainment
facility
fluency
fool around
footle
fribble
fun
goldbrick
goldbricking
hang
hang about
hindrance
idle
idleness
ignore
inaction
inactivity
indifference
indolence
inertia
inertness
kid stuff
languor
laze
laziness
leisure
let up
lethargy
loaf
loafing
loll
lolling
lounge
lounging
management
manager
mess around
neglect
obstruction
play
quiescence
recreation
relax
relaxation
repose
rest
setup
shirk
slacken
smoothness
snap
sport
trifle
unemployment
unwind
veg out

Meanings of labor

noun
1. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
5. The act of a mother giving birth.
6. The time period during which a mother gives birth.
7. The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
8. An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres.
verb
1. To toil, to work.
2. To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
3. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
4. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
5. To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Example Sentences

The construction site was abuzz with the sounds of labor as workers built the new skyscraper.
The expectant mother was in the early stages of labor when she arrived at the hospital.
The farmers put in long hours of hard labor to bring in the harvest.
The history museum showcased the tools used in manual labor during the industrial revolution.
The company acknowledged the dedication and commitment of its employees with a special labor appreciation event.

On this page you'll find 262 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to labor, such as: abortion, accouchement, activity, adroitness, affair, aftereffect, aftermath.

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