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Labor

/ˈleɪ.bɚ/

Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

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📖 Definitions of "Labor"

noun

1
Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3
Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4
A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

verb

1
To toil, to work.
2
To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
"I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."
3
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
4
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.

🔄 Synonyms of "Labor"

26 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
projectnoun	A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
drivenoun	To operate a vehicle:
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
pushverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
tasknoun	A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
undertakingnoun	That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
confinementnoun	The act of confining or the state of being confined.
tugnoun	(transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
proletariatnoun	(Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
parturiencynoun	Parturition
fagnoun	(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
working classnoun	The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
childbednoun	(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
lying-innoun	The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
labor movementnoun	an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
department of labornoun	the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the united states; created in 1913
labor departmentnoun	the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the united states; created in 1913
labor partynoun	Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
labour partynoun	Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour.
moilnoun	To toil, to work hard.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Labor"

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Word	Definition
working classnoun	The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
tasknoun	A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
proletariatnoun	(Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
labour partynoun	Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour.
confinementnoun	The act of confining or the state of being confined.
projectnoun	A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
labor partynoun	Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
drivenoun	Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
pushnoun	An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
tugnoun	A sudden powerful pull.
undertakingnoun	That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
moilnoun	Hard work.
grindnoun	The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
dignoun	An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
parturiencynoun	Parturition
childbednoun	(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.