Synonyms of labour

Noun

1. labor, labour, working class, proletariat, class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class

usage: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

2. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing

usage: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

3. British Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labor, labor party, labour party

usage: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

4. labor, labour, toil, work

usage: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

Verb

1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil, work, do work

usage: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

2. tug, labor, labour, push, drive, fight, struggle

usage: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

3. labor, labour, undergo

usage: undergo the efforts of childbirth

Definition and meaning of labour (Dictionary)