labored

The word “labored” has 2 syllables: la-bored

It's pronounced as /ˈleɪ.bərd/

What is synonym and antonym for labored?

In the thesaurus, “labored” has 130 synonyms and 65 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for labored

affected
arduous
artful
artificial
assumed
attacked
automatic
awkward
banged away
bogus
calculated
canned
clumsy
concocted
conscious
contrived
conventional
cultivated
cute
cutesy
deliberate
double-dealing
drove
drudged
dug in
effortful
eked out
empty
endeavored
essayed
exaggerated
exercised
exerted
fabricated
facile
factitious
fagged
fake
false
feigned
forced
formal
genteel
goody-goody
grubbed
hard
heavy
histrionic
hokey
hollow
humped
hustled
hypocritical
impersonal
inept
inflexible
insincere
knuckled down
left-handed
maladroit
manufactured
mealy
mealymouthed
mechanical
melodramatic
mincing
mock
moiled
operose
overacted
overdone
overexerted
overrefined
overworked
overwrought
pat
phoney
phony
pitched in
plastic
plodded
plowed
plugged
ponderous
premeditated
pretended
pseudo
put out
put-on
rigid
scrabbled
scratched
sham
simpering
simulated
slaved
slogged
spurious
stiff
strained
strenuous
strived
strove
struggled
studied
stylized
sweat
sweat blood
sweated
sweated blood
theatric
theatrical
toiled
toilsome
travailed
tried
trudged
tugged
two-faced
unauthentic
unctuous
unnatural
unreal
unrealistic
uphill
waded
weighty
wooden
worked
wrought

Antonyms for labored

adroit
artless
authentic
basked
bona fide
broke
bummed
chilled
clever
dabbled
dallied
dexterous
dillydallied
doodled
easy
effortless
extemporaneous
facile
fooled around
footled
fribbled
genuine
goldbricked
graceful
hanged
honest
hung
hung about
idled
impromptu
impulsive
ingenuous
instinctive
lazed
let up
loafed
lolled
lounged
messed around
natural
played
real
realistic
relaxed
reposed
rested
right
shirked
sincere
slackened
smooth
spontaneous
trifled
true
unaffected
unconscious
uncontrived
unfeigned
unforced
unpretending
unprompted
unrehearsed
unstudied
unwound
vegged out

Meanings of labored

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.
adjective
1. Expressive of strenuous effort.
2. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

Example Sentences

She labored over her thesis for months, ensuring every detail was perfect.
The old machine labored to keep up with the increased production demands.
He labored through the difficult task, determined to finish it before the deadline.
The hiker labored up the steep mountain trail, catching his breath at each step.
The worker's breathing became labored as he struggled with the heavy load.

On this page you'll find 195 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to labored, such as: adroit, affected, arduous, artful, artificial, artless, assumed.

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