labor
Usage
What are other ways to say labor?
Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker's health. Work is the general word and may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work.
Example Sentences
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They embraced push-button elevators for their speed and efficiency, not to mention as a way of avoiding rising labor costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
In any case, the unemployment rate is now viewed as the best measure of the labor market’s health, given what’s expected to be a long-term slowdown in job creation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
This is the first time the labor group has sat down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, since both WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on a historic strike in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Prior to the conflict, data indicated weakness in the labor market and growth below the economy’s potential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
He realized that the artisan who carved it probably received only a fraction of the sale price for his labor.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
