All labour synonyms
laΒ·bour
L l noun labour
- 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.
- endeavour β Standard spelling of endeavor.
- exercise β training, homework
- exertion β Physical or mental effort.
- grind β to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- 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.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- stress β importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- travail β painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- 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.
- labourer β Standard spelling of laborer.
- 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.
- employee β A person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hand β Learned [lur-nid] /ΛlΙr nΙͺd/ (Show IPA), 1872β1961, U.S. jurist.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helper β a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- hireling β a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- instrument β a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- learner β a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- operative β a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- prentice β a male given name.
- proletariat β common people, working class
- toiler β hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- blue collar β of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- rank and file β the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- childbirth β Childbirth is the act of giving birth to a child.
- delivery β Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- contractions β Plural form of contraction.
- birth β When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.