All labor synonyms
laΒ·bor
L l verb labor
- toil β Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
- tend β to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- sweat β to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- strive β to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- travail β painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- plod β to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- grind β to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- drudge β a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- slave β a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
noun labor
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- efforts β exertion of physical or mental power: It will take great effort to achieve victory.
- employment β The condition of having paid work.
- exertions β Physical or mental effort.
- industry β the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- hard labor β compulsory labor imposed upon criminals in addition to imprisonment, generally not exceeding ordinary labor in severity or amount.
- blood β Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
- undertaking β the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- activity β Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- energy β The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
- job β the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
- chore β A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
- diligence β constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
- drudgery β menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- effort β exertion of physical or mental power: It will take great effort to achieve victory.
- endeavor β Try hard to do or achieve something.
- exercise β training, homework
- exertion β Physical or mental effort.
- moonlight β the light of the moon.
- operation β an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- pains β physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pull β pull media
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- stress β importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- daily grind β everyday work routine
- gruntwork β Alternative spelling of grunt work.
- work force β the total number of workers in a specific undertaking: a holiday for the company's work force.
- employees β Plural form of employee.
- labor force β work force.
- hands β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- staff β a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- personnel β a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- working class β those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- laborer β a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training: a laborer in the field.
- worker β a person or thing that works.
- apprentice β An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- breadwinner β The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.