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laboring

ADJECTIVE
employed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
engaged hired occupied
STRONG
busy inked operating selected signed
WEAK
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
WEAK
idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied
ADJECTIVE
jobholding
Synonyms
WEAK
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
Synonyms
WEAK
at work busy clocked in clocked in punched in engaged in a job in gear obliged on the job punched in working
ADJECTIVE
working
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alive busy employed engaged functioning running
STRONG
dynamic going live moving operative
WEAK
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

Example Sentences

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We know that underneath, we’re laboring frantically to keep going — sometimes, even just to stay afloat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

This base allowed to soar last Sunday’s spire of victory at another Jack Hughes’s laboring hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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

But these bull-market apologists are laboring under a fundamental misunderstanding of bubbles: They don’t trace to weak earnings per se, but to how far ahead of those earnings the market rises.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

I sat in a chair next to his bed and watched him laboring to breathe.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama