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Labour

🔄 Synonyms of "Labour"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
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.
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.
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.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
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 partynoun	Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
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 "Labour"

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Word	Definition
moilnoun	Hard work.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
pushnoun	An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
drivenoun	Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
tugnoun	A sudden powerful pull.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
confinementnoun	The act of confining or the state of being confined.
grindnoun	The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
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.
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”).
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
dignoun	An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
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.
labor partynoun	Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
childbednoun	(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
parturiencynoun	Parturition
lying-innoun	The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
effortnoun	The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
busynoun	(slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory) A police officer.