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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For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Bass was, in part, bolstered by the endorsements she received from celebrated Latino leaders such as labor icon Dolores Huerta, Sen. Alex Padilla and former L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The increase reflects the rising cost of individual parts and labor, and the larger size of necessary repairs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Owens has continued to work consistently since the viral moment, taking on roles across television and film while also speaking openly about the importance of valuing all forms of labor.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The presidential election of 1932 sparked a major turning point for American labor unions, bringing pro-labor president Franklin D. Roosevelt into office in 1933, along with a Congress sympathetic to labor.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
