Synonyms of belabors

belabors

verb

present tense third-person singular of belabor

1

as in emphasizes

to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely

stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emphasizes
• stresses
• underlines
• underscores
• pays (up)
• dwells (on or upon)
• harps (on)
• points (up)
• accents
• accentuates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• forgets
• disregards
• overlooks
• passes over
• slights
• slurs (over)
• overpasses

2

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• slams
• scolds
• abuses
• criticizes
• excoriates
• assails
• insults
• castigates
• blasts
• lambastes
• savages
• jumps (on)
• ties into
• reviles
• vituperates
• bashes
• trashes
• sails into
• harangues
• curses
• potshots
• berates
• harasses
• scathes
• disparages
• belittles
• blasphemes
• harries
• lights into
• chides
• reprimands
• affronts
• beats up on
• fulminates
• slurs
• profanes
• vilifies
• libels
• slanders
• execrates
• chastises
• whips
• rebukes
• traduces
• bad-mouths
• imprecates
• asperses
• blackguards
• lashes (out)
• laces (into)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• praises
• hails
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• pounds
• whips
• lashes
• does
• beats
• slaps
• pelts
• thumps
• hits
• attacks
• knocks
• slams
• batters
• assaults
• spanks
• punches
• smashes
• smacks
• lambastes
• pummels
• mauls
• bludgeons
• lathers
• bashes
• threshes
• thrashes
• bats
• chops
• slogs
• punches out
• bastes
• hammers
• drubs
• swipes
• flogs
• wallops
• whacks
• fibs
• roughs (up)
• tromps
• works over
• buffets
• belts
• switches
• raids
• whales
• paddles
• wounds
• tans
• laces
• boxes
• slates
• clubs
• assails
• whups
• curries
• storms
• rushes
• swats
• whops
• pommels
• messes (up)
• besets
• whams
• descends (on or upon)
• thwacks
• clobbers
• cracks
• lacerates
• beats up on
• pastes
• bungs up
• birches
• clouts
• jumps (on)
• cudgels
• lams
• whomps
• socks
• flagellates
• lays on
• straps
• mangles
• cuffs
• maims
• mutilates
• scourges
• gores
• busts
• canes
• leathers
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• fustigates
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• cowhides
• rawhides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belabors

There are a few lumpy patches, moments when the revision over-explains itself or belabors a point. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026