labor force

noun

: workforce

Synonyms of labor force

• workforce
• staff
• manpower
• pool
• personnel

Examples of labor force in a Sentence

the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people

Recent Examples on the Web

Some employees reject return-to-office mandates Jasmine Tucker, vice president of research at the National Women’s Law Center, said return-to-office mandates amid high caregiving costs disproportionately drove women to leave the labor force. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Economists have spent the past week arguing about why 720,000 people walked away from the labor force in a single month. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Quitting the search Within the bureau’s household survey, where the participation numbers are drawn, is a story of a consistently contracting labor force potentially driven by unemployed workers simply giving up. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026

What is next on his roadmap, healthcare access, small business tax treatment, AI and likeness rights, sounds less like a creator economy wish list and more like the agenda of any maturing labor force finally organizing around its actual needs. — Zoe Soon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for labor force

• counterforce
• intercourse
• nonrecourse
• reinforce
• watercourse
• bourse
• coarse
• course
• gorse
• hoarse
• horse
• norse