Antonyms for labor
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ley-ber |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ bər |
Definition of labor
Origin :- c.1300, "a task, a project;" later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from Old French labor "labor, toil, work, exertion, task" (12c., Modern French labeur), from Latin laborem (nominative labor) "labor, toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," of uncertain origin, perhaps originally from the notion of "tottering under a burden," and related to labere "to totter."
- Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1590s, earlier labour of birthe (early 15c.), a sense also found in Old French, and cf. French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
- noun work, undertaking
- noun person(s) performing service
- noun childbirth process
- verb work very hard
- This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- All sorts of labor is got at enormous rates of compensation.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- My field of labor was my own heart, which I endeavored to render pure in the sight of God.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- He felt committed for labor; glad was he, very, yet perplexed.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I do not take what I cannot win by my own labor,' said he; 'there was a puma drove up the game for me.'
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- She don't have anythin' to give, only her labor, as well off as they be.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- He nodded pleasantly to me when I wished him good-morning, then returned to his labor.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It is now carried on exclusively by the labor of free blacks.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- This is but the necessary consequence of all labor which does not benefit the laborer.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- We are Nature's poor handmaidens, and our labor gives us joy.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
Synonyms for labor
- activity
- apprentice
- bear down
- birth
- birth pangs
- blue collar
- breadwinner
- childbearing
- chore
- contractions
- cultivate
- daily grind
- delivery
- diligence
- drive
- drudge
- drudgery
- effort
- employee
- employment
- endeavor
- energy
- exercise
- exert oneself
- exertion
- giving birth
- grind
- gruntwork
- hack
- hand
- hard hat
- help
- helper
- hireling
- industry
- instrument
- job
- laborer
- learner
- moonlight
- operation
- operative
- pains
- parturition
- plod
- plug away
- pour it on
- prentice
- proletariat
- pull
- push
- rank and file
- slave
- strain
- stress
- strive
- struggle
- sweat
- tend
- throes
- toil
- toiler
- travail
- work force
- work oneself to the bone
- worker
- working people
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