Synonyms of labored

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adjective

as in manufactured

Related Words

• manufactured
• strained
• contrived
• automatic
• forced
• concocted
• pat
• mechanical
• fabricated
• assumed
• unreal
• simulated
• affected
• canned
• feigned
• unnatural
• hollow
• unrealistic
• mock
• exaggerated
• artificial
• pseudo
• phony
• hokey
• plastic
• pretended
• bogus
• sham
• fake
• hypocritical
• factitious
• spurious
• theatrical
• insincere
• unauthentic
• false
• empty
• put-on
• melodramatic
• facile
• unctuous
• mealy
• histrionic
• studied
• wooden
• cultivated
• deliberate
• mealymouthed
• stylized
• conscious
• calculated
• overacted
• impersonal
• overdone
• conventional
• genteel
• two-faced
• cute
• formal
• double-dealing
• mincing
• rigid
• left-handed
• artful
• inflexible
• premeditated
• overrefined
• stiff
• cutesy
• simpering
• goody-goody

Dissimilar Words

• natural
• genuine
• real
• spontaneous
• unaffected
• artless
• bona fide
• true
• right
• authentic
• realistic
• sincere
• honest
• smooth
• easy
• unforced
• ingenuous
• unfeigned
• uncontrived
• effortless
• unconscious
• unpretending
• instinctive
• impromptu
• extemporaneous
• impulsive
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

labored

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verb

past tense of labor

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• toiled
• tried
• strove
• tugged
• slaved
• plowed
• hustled
• dug (away)
• sweat
• travailed
• grubbed
• fagged
• plodded
• humped
• pegged (away)
• strained
• drudged
• slogged
• plugged
• banged away
• sweat blood
• moiled
• applied (oneself)
• attacked
• beavered (away)
• exerted
• exercised
• pitched in
• hammered (away)
• essayed
• buckled (down)
• dug in
• drove
• scratched
• overworked
• waded
• eked out
• trudged
• knuckled down
• scrabbled
• overexerted
• ground (out)
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slackened
• broke
• eased (up)
• idled
• chilled
• let up
• rested
• loafed
• hung (around or out)
• lounged
• shirked
• dallied
• lazed
• relaxed
• hacked (around)
• basked
• played
• slacked (off)
• bummed
• reposed
• hung
• lolled
• goofed (off)
• unwound
• dabbled
• trifled
• dillydallied
• vegged out
• goldbricked
• footled
• doodled
• fooled around
• hung about
• messed around
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of labored

Adjective

Some of the signs of overheating include heavy panting or drooling, a rapid pulse, bright red gums or tongue, labored breathing, difficulty standing, vomiting or diarrhea and a fever. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 July 2026

No, what’s stuck in my head is Morocco’s Round of 32 victory over the Netherlands on the very last, labored breath of the match. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

Verb

Admittedly the continent has labored as the AI hyper-scalers of America and China have produced products (and valuations) that make the eyes pop. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Though Morris labored through a 29-pitch first inning and gave up a run, Prielipp more than did his part, throwing five scoreless innings to follow. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 Sep. 2026