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labor
Synonyms and Antonyms of labor
1
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
2
the active use of energy in producing a result
effort, elbow grease, exertion, expenditure, pains, sweat, trouble, while, work
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very hard or unpleasant work
4
the act or process of giving birth to children
5
something produced by physical or intellectual effort
article, commodity, entry, object
goods, line, merchandise, wares
aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, issue, outcome, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
by-product, derivative, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, residual, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
Synonym Discussion of labor
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- too tired to do any work
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- farmers demanding fair compensation for their labor
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- years of travail were lost when the house burned
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- his lot would be years of back-breaking toil
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- an editorial job with a good deal of drudgery
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- the grind of the assembly line
labor
Synonyms and Antonyms of labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
sweat blood
break, ease (up), let up, slacken
bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out
bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind
dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
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