Synonyms of labors

labors 1 of 2

noun

plural of labor

1

as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work

one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headaches
• jobs
• efforts
• chores
• burdens
• killers
• beasts
• bears
• loads
• lucubrations
• drudgeries
• troubles
• nuisances
• strains
• weights
• sweats
• heavy liftings
• grinds
• bothers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breezes
• setups
• kid stuff
• duck soup
• snaps
• cinches
• child's play

2

as in efforts

the active use of energy in producing a result

a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efforts
• works
• pains
• exertions
• expenditures
• energies
• sweats
• troubles
• whiles
• toils
• elbow grease
• powers
• endeavors
• muscles
• tries
• travails
• strains
• drudgeries
• goes
• attempts
• forces
• essays
• slogs
• trials
• mights
• dints
• puissances
• passes
• grinds
• stabs
• flings
• shots
• whacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facilities
• eases
• fluencies
• inertias
• inactions
• inactivities
• quiescences
• dormancies
• languors
• indolences

3

as in toils

very hard or unpleasant work

a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efforts
• toils
• exertions
• pains
• sweats
• fatigues
• drudgeries
• drudges
• slaveries
• struggles
• travails
• grinds
• responsibilities
• troubles
• moils
• duties
• donkeyworks
• obligations
• jobs
• chores
• spadeworks
• treadmills
• routines
• tediums

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fun
• plays
• relaxations
• rests
• eases
• amusements
• reposes
• entertainments
• sports
• diversions
• recreations
• dalliances
• leisures
• decompressions
• inertias
• inactivities
• dormancies

4

as in childbirths

the act or process of giving birth to children

the mother's labor lasted for six hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• childbirths
• pregnancies
• deliveries
• contractions
• pains
• travails
• parturitions
• accouchements
• childbearings
• birth pangs
• cesarean sections
• confinements
• natural childbirths
• childbeds
• lyings-in

5

as in products

something produced by physical or intellectual effort

a small, personal film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and actors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• products
• productions
• yields
• fruits
• works
• things
• results
• produces
• affairs
• outputs
• handiworks
• outcomes
• commodities
• objects
• resultants
• goods
• articles
• effects
• wares
• entries
• handicrafts
• consequences
• developments
• issues
• offspring
• merchandises
• side effects
• conclusions
• sequences
• derivatives
• handcrafts
• residuals
• lines
• aftermaths
• corollaries
• aftereffects
• sequels
• by-products
• offshoots
• upshots
• outgrowths
• spin-offs

labors

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verb

present tense third-person singular of labor

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggles
• strives
• works
• endeavors
• toils
• slaves
• tries
• tugs
• plows
• sweats
• hustles
• drudges
• travails
• grubs
• digs (away)
• pegs (away)
• humps
• slogs
• strains
• bangs away
• plugs
• plods
• fags
• sweats blood
• beavers (away)
• moils
• applies (oneself)
• buckles (down)
• attacks
• exercises
• hammers (away)
• essays
• knuckles down
• pitches in
• exerts
• overworks
• digs in
• drives
• scratches
• grinds (out)
• ekes out
• overexerts
• wades
• trudges
• puts out
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• slackens
• eases (up)
• loafs
• rests
• lets up
• shirks
• hangs (around or out)
• dallies
• idles
• chills
• lazes
• slacks (off)
• bums
• goldbricks
• reposes
• dillydallies
• goofs (off)
• lounges
• hacks (around)
• basks
• lolls
• unwinds
• relaxes
• trifles
• footles
• plays
• hangs
• vegges out
• fribbles
• dabbles
• hangs about
• doodles
• fools around
• messes around
• goofs (around)
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• putters (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of labors

Noun

In these labors, Carson is akin to two other recent laureates, Jon Fosse and László Krasznahorkai, our foremost writers of holy fools. — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Teaching and coaching are labors of love passed down from Lee’s father, Robert, who spent his career coaching and teaching students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools. — Pj Green august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Exclusion generates the prestige toward which unpaid labors strive. — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Do not restrict yourself from enjoying the rewards of your labors. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026

As emails and text messages tug at our sleeves, even a short lull in the labors of the day can feel like an indulgence. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

The dog watched over a three-bodied giant's red cattle, and was ultimately killed by Heracles as the demigod hero sought to complete his 12 labors. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026

The results of those labors, Devil’s Quarry, debuts June 10 as Season Five of Bone Valley. — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026

People who had really long labors and deliveries are at higher risk of developing a pelvic floor prolapse. — Parents, 21 May 2026

Verb

Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Every man and woman who labors in the construction industry deserves that. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026