laboring

The word “laboring” has 3 syllables: la-bor-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈleɪbərɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for laboring?

In the thesaurus, “laboring” has 15 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for laboring

  • alive
  • belaboring
  • brooding
  • busy
  • employed
  • endeavoring
  • engaged
  • functioning
  • hired
  • occupied
  • running
  • striving
  • struggling
  • toiling
  • working

Antonyms for laboring

  • breaking
  • bumming
  • chilling
  • dallying
  • idle
  • idling
  • inactive
  • lazing
  • letting up
  • loafing
  • lounging
  • relaxing
  • resting
  • shirking
  • slackening
  • unemployed
  • unengaged

Meanings of laboring

  • noun
    1. The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
  • 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

  • She's been laboring over her art project for days, striving for perfection.
  • The construction workers were laboring under the hot sun to complete the building on schedule.
  • The author is currently laboring on the final chapters of his upcoming novel.
  • The farmers were laboring in the fields, preparing for the upcoming harvest season.
  • The engineers were laboring to find a solution to the complex technical problem.

On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to laboring, such as: alive, belaboring, breaking, brooding, bumming, busy, chilling.

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banging away

fagging

  • annoy
  • bore
  • busting
  • depress
  • deteriorate
  • disable
  • disgust
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • displease
  • drain
  • draining
  • dwindle
  • exasperate
  • exhaust
  • exhausting
  • fade
  • fail
  • faint
  • fatigue
  • frazzle
  • impoverish
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jade
  • killing
  • laboring
  • overwork
  • rot
  • sap
  • striving
  • struggling
  • suffer
  • tire
  • tire out
  • tiring
  • use up
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wearing
  • weary
  • wither
  • working
  • worry

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