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labored

verb , past tense of labor

Synonyms and Antonyms of labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

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

Synonyms of labored

banged away, beavered (away), drudged, dug (away), endeavored, fagged, grubbed, humped, hustled, moiled, pegged (away), plodded, plowed, plugged, slaved, slogged, strained, strove (also strived), struggled, sweat (or sweated), toiled, travailed, tugged, worked (or wrought)

Words Related to labored

applied (oneself), buckled (down), dug in, hammered (away), knuckled down, pitched in

attacked, drove

exercised, exerted, overexerted, overworked

eked out, ground (out), put out, scrabbled, scratched

Phrases Synonymous with labored

sweat blood (or sweated blood)

Near Antonyms of labored

broke, eased (up), let up, slackened

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

basked, lolled, relaxed, reposed, rested, unwound

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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