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laborious
Synonyms and Antonyms of laborious
1
involved in often constant activity
animated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant
absorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused (also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupied
alive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, running
2
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky
bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying
annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
3
requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
arduous, burdensome, challenging, demanding, exacting, grueling (or gruelling), killing, onerous, persnickety, taxing, toilsome
easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth
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