laborious

The word “laborious” has 4 syllables: la-bo-ri-ous

It's pronounced as /ləˈbɔriəs/

What is synonym and antonym for laborious?

In the thesaurus, “laborious” has 140 synonyms and 50 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for laborious

Augean
absorbed
abstract
abstruse
active
alive
animated
annoying
arduous
assiduous
astir
backbreaking
bothersome
bruising
brutal
burdensome
bustling
busy
buzzing
challenging
complex
complicated
concentrating
cruel
demanding
difficult
diligent
distressing
effortful
elusive
employed
energetic
engaged
engrossed
exacting
exhausting
fatiguing
flourishing
focused
focussed
forced
formidable
functional
functioning
going
grievous
grim
grueling
gruelling
hairy
happening
hard
hardworking
heavy
hellacious
herculean
hopping
humming
immersed
indefatigable
industrious
inhuman
insoluble
intent
intricate
involved
irksome
killer
killing
knee-deep
knotty
labored
lively
living
moiling
murderous
occupied
onerous
opaque
operating
operational
operative
operose
oppressive
painful
painstaking
persevering
persnickety
pick-and-shovel
ponderous
preoccupied
problematic
problematical
recondite
rigid
rigorous
rough
rough go
rugged
running
sedulous
serious
severe
spiny
stern
stiff
strained
strenuous
stressful
strict
stringent
stubborn
swamped
sweaty
tall
taxing
testing
thorny
thriving
ticklish
tied-up
tight
tireless
tiresome
toilsome
tough
tough job
tricky
troublesome
trying
unflagging
untiring
uphill
vexatious
vibrant
vigorous
wearing
wearisome
wicked
working

Antonyms for laborious

accessible
achievable
asleep
cheap
clear
comforting
dead
doable
dormant
dull
easy
effortless
elementary
facile
free
friendly
gentle
idiotproof
idle
inactive
inert
inoperative
lackadaisical
latent
lazy
lifeless
light
manageable
mindless
nondemanding
nonoperating
painless
passive
quiescent
relaxed
reticent
simple
sleepy
slow
smooth
soft
soothing
trivial
unbusy
unchallenging
uncomplicated
undemanding
unemployed
unoccupied
user-friendly

Example Sentences

The laborious task of cataloging the extensive library collection took weeks to complete.
Writing a research paper can be a laborious process, requiring thorough investigation.
The artist's laborious attention to detail resulted in a stunning masterpiece.
The hikers faced a laborious climb to reach the summit of the mountain.
The construction of the intricate model was a highly laborious but rewarding endeavor.

On this page you'll find 190 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to laborious, such as: Augean, absorbed, abstract, abstruse, accessible, achievable, active.

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