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present participle of labor.

laboring

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employed adj.
jobholding adj.
on duty adj.
working adj.
dwelling n.

ADJECTIVE

employed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

engaged hired occupied

STRONG

busy inked operating selected signed

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active at it at work in a job in collar in harness in place on board on duty on the job on the payroll plugging away

Antonyms

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idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

jobholding

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active at it at work busy engaged hired in a job in collar in harness in place inked occupied on board on duty on the job on the payroll operating plugging away retained selected signed working

ADJECTIVE

on duty

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at work busy clocked in clocked in punched in engaged in a job in gear obliged on the job punched in working

ADJECTIVE

working

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alive busy employed engaged functioning running

STRONG

dynamic going live moving operative

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effective hot in a job in force in full swing in gear in process on fire on the job on track practical useful viable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle inactive unemployed unengaged

WEAK

inoperative passive unoccupied

NOUN

dwelling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belaboring brooding

STRONG

harping

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One minute, she’d been in the bathroom, laboring through a contraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

A quarter-century Jean’s senior, David is trying to finish a stalled book project, laboring in the shadow of his more prolific and successful wife, Ann.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

They were checking on their fleets of AI assistants to make sure they were still laboring away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

"For decades, while laboring in the vineyards of the community, he inspired us to keep hope alive in the struggle for liberty and justice for all," the Democrat said.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

“I c-c-can’t use the vidphone,” Isidore protested, his heart laboring.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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