Labor synonyms
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work (related)
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
rest (antonym)
(Intransitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
idle (antonym)
To pass (time) without doing anything:
management (related)
(Uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
A special unit of work, research, etc., as in a school, a laboratory, etc.
relax (antonym)
To release from intense concentration, hard work, worry, etc.; give rest to
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
The act of employing
The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.
The act, fact, or process of exerting; active use of strength, power, etc.; exercise
The capacity for work or vigorous activity:
(Archaeology) A collection of artifacts or tools made from a specified material:
The effort required to carry out a responsibility or to meet a standard of care.
Great effort, exertion, or tension
A thing to be pushed so as to work a mechanism
Drudgery is defined as hard, tiresome and boring work.
Labor pains; pains of childbirth
laborers
Plural form of laborer
employees
Plural form of employee
wage-earners
Plural form of wage earner
workers
Plural form of worker
workingmen
Plural form of workingman
operatives
Plural form of operative
The working class; esp., the industrial working class
blue-collar workers
The body of workers
The workers employed in a specific project or activity.
(US) Alternative spelling of labour force.
working people
The body of workers
employee(s)
The body of workers
The act of bringing forth young; childbirth
The action of the verb to give birth.
contractions
Plural form of contraction
labor pains
Childbirth
To be in conflict; struggle; contend; fight
capitalist (antonym)
An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.
businessperson (antonym)
A person in business or one who works at a commercial institution.
job (related)
The object to be worked on:
exercise (related)
A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
labor-union (related)
An association of workers to promote and protect the welfare, interests, and rights of its members, primarily by collective bargaining
worker (related)
A member of a colony of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, or termites, usually a sterile or sexually immature female but in termites an individual of either sex, that performs specialized work such as building the nest, collecting and storing food, and feeding other members of the colony.
birth (related)
Noble or high status:
Of unusual size, power, or difficulty.
Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
Involving or calling for much hard work; difficult
(Law) Involving a legal obligation that equals or exceeds the benefits
Hopelessly submissive; servile
Characterized by or requiring toil.
Of or characteristic of yeomen
laboriousness
The condition of being laborious.
Writing produced by laborious effort or study, especially when viewed as pedantic.
operosity
peonage
A system by which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts are paid.
To be in agony or great pain; feel anguish
work hard
To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort:
The definition of lucubrate is to write or study very hard or to write in an intelligent and learned manner.
To work like a slave; drudge
(Informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
Struggle is defined as to do something with difficulty.
(Intransitive, informal) To work hard.
To put a burden on; strain; overtax
manager (antonym)
(Sports) One who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or team.
leisure (antonym)
Free time when one is not working or attending to other duties.
fun (antonym)
The definition of fun is something that brings pleasure, joy or playfulness.
entertainment (antonym)
An entertaining or being entertained
capital (related)
(Accounting) The net worth of a business; amount by which the assets exceed the liabilities
Labour is the British spelling of the world labor, which is defined as work.
(Medicine) The unit of measurement for pain
The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
labor movement
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
trade union movement
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
Limitation; restriction; restraint
The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
(Uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement
To move by pulling with great effort or exertion; drag:
To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
fag
work hard
To force down and into something; thrust:
A process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work:
laze (antonym)
To be idle; loaf:
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