labor | Definition of labor

labor

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

Synonyms of labor

bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work

Words Related to labor

apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in

exercise, exert, overexert, overwork

eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch

Phrases Synonymous with labor

Near Antonyms of labor

break, ease (up), let up, slacken

bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out

bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind

dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle