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Synonyms & Antonyms of labored
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in unrealistic, concocted
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for labored
- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- affected,
- artificial,
- assumed,
- bogus,
- contrived,
- factitious,
- fake,
- false,
- feigned,
- forced,
- mechanical,
- mock,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- plastic,
- pretended,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- sham,
- simulated,
- spurious,
- strained,
- unnatural
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for labored
labored
verb
past tense of labor
Synonyms & Antonyms of labored (Entry 2 of 2)
to devote serious and sustained effort
- the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief
Synonyms for labored
Words Related to labored
Phrases Synonymous with labored
- sweat blood
- (or sweated blood)
Near Antonyms for labored
- bummed,
- chilled,
- dallied,
- dillydallied,
- footled,
- goldbricked,
- goofed (off),
- hacked (around),
- hung (around or out)
- (also hanged (around or out)),
- idled,
- lazed,
- loafed,
- lounged,
- shirked,
- slacked (off),
- vegged out
- dabbled,
- doodled,
- fooled around,
- fribbled,
- goofed (around),
- hung
- (also hanged),
- hung about
- [British],
- messed around,
- monkeyed (around),
- played,
- pottered (around),
- puttered (around),
- trifled
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 8 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of labored was in 1566
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