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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'labor'

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1. (noun) labor, labour, working class, proletariat
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Synonyms: labour, labor movement, confinement, parturiency, working class, undertaking, labor, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, project

2. (noun) labor, labour, toil
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Synonyms: labour, labor movement, confinement, parturiency, working class, undertaking, labor, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, project

3. (noun) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Synonyms: trade union movement, elbow grease, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, labour, effort, project, labor movement, sweat, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, restriction, lying-in, confinement, exertion, undertaking

4. (noun) labor movement, trade union movement, labor
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
Synonyms: labour, labor movement, confinement, labor, working class, undertaking, parturiency, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, project

5. (noun) British Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labor
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Synonyms: trade union movement, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, labour, project, labor movement, labour party, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, lying-in, confinement, labor party, undertaking

6. (noun) Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Synonyms: labour, labor movement, confinement, parturiency, working class, undertaking, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, project

7. (verb) undertaking, project, task, labor
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Synonyms: trade union movement, task, proletariat, travail, projection, childbed, labour, project, labor movement, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, lying-in, chore, confinement, job, undertaking

8. (verb) tug, labor, labour, push, drive
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Synonyms: fight, force back, crowd, lug, get, dig, ram, drudge, moil, press, tug, agitate, advertize, take, repel, aim, drive, promote, travail, crusade, labour, motor, advertise, grind, bear on, repulse, labor, force, ride, push, campaign, tote, push back, toil, beat back

9. (verb) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
work hard
Synonyms: compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, grind, dig, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag out, labour

10. (verb) labor, labour
undergo the efforts of childbirth
Synonyms: labour, dig, travail, drudge, push, grind, drive, toil, tug, moil, labor

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'labor'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. labor
Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (L. ad, to, and sedeo,
Synonyms: industry, application, diligence, labor, persistence, assiduity, effort, pains, sedulousness, attention, exertion, patience, constancy, intentness, perseverance
Antonyms: changeableness, idleness, inconstancy, neglect, remissness, fickleness, inattention, indolence, negligence, sloth

'labor' - Nearby Entries
labored laborer labor force labor laboring labor-intensive laborious

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