BELABOR Synonyms: 170 Similar and Opposite Words

belabor

verb

bi-ˈlā-bər

Definition of belabor next

as in to emphasize

to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt

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as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death

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Recent Examples of belabor Jones belabored this point as well, once again citing packing too much and how a broken zipper can quickly turn messy if security is unable to quickly re-pack your belongings. —

Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026 This isn’t to belabor the point of the final three weeks, because the Chiefs didn’t exactly have much of anything to play for. —

Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026 Perhaps that’s why the Dardennes don’t belabor the dynamics among the mothers themselves, who all get along well enough. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026 The movie is effervescent; there’s nothing belabored about it. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for belabor

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Large alternative asset managers, with both private credit and private equity businesses, are so far striking a measured tone, acknowledging pockets of stress while emphasizing resilience.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
In conversations with Colman Domingo, Fuqua emphasized that Joe was also a strong, if flawed, avatar of African American fatherhood.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026