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

Italian immigrants became a crucial labor force in the region’s burgeoning fruit industry, joined by immigrants from Japan, Switzerland and elsewhere. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

This makes Japan and Singapore leaders in both healthy life expectancy and labor force participation among older workers. — Runchana Pongsaparn, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Advocates warn the rule could result in more denials for people seeking to renew their work permits, risking the status of more than 2 million people already in the labor force. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026

Across much of the world, increasing longevity combined with decades of declining birth rates is fundamentally changing the composition of the labor force. — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 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