Another word for labor
labor
n.
The act of doing work
Work to be done
task, employment, undertaking; see job 2.
Exertion required in work
effort, exertion, energy, industry, diligence, strain, stress, pull, push, drudgery, travail; see also effort 1, exercise 1.
The body of workers
laborers, employees, wage earners, workers, workingmen, operatives, proletariat, blue-collar workers, work force, labor force, working people, employee(s); see also labor union, worker.
Antonyms employer*, capitalist, businessperson.
Childbirth
parturition, giving birth, contractions, labor pains; see birth 1.
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Another word for labor
Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
drudgery, moil, toil, travail, work. (Informal) sweat. (Chiefly British) fag. Idiom: sweat of one's brow. See workThe act or process of bringing forth young:
accouchement, birth, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, lying-in, parturition, travail. See start
To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:
drive, fag, moil, strain1, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work. Idiom: break one's back (or neck). See workTo express at greater length or in greater detail:
amplify, develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate. See explain
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labor. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/labor
