laborious

[luh-bawr-ee-uhs] / ləˈbɔr i əs /

ADJECTIVE

hard, difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous backbreaking burdensome onerous strenuous tiresome

WEAK

effortful fatiguing forced heavy herculean labored operose ponderous rough go stiff strained toilsome tough tough job wearing wearisome wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile

WEAK

effortless idle lackadaisical lazy reticent simple trivial

ADJECTIVE

hardworking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assiduous painstaking

WEAK

active diligent indefatigable industrious operose persevering sedulous tireless unflagging

Antonyms

WEAK

easy effortless facile idle lackadaisical lazy reticent simple trivial

Example Sentences

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The pharma giants will still have other moats, notably the laborious regulatory and testing regime as well as distribution.

From MarketWatch

Yet if the rise to peak Iranian power in 2023 was laborious, the descent from it has been swift.

From The Wall Street Journal

And sometimes, that extra bit of effort just seems too laborious.

From Salon

As a result, the interaction feels, and actually is, more laborious.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is more laborious, of course, but also more likely to fetch you that bigger paycheck.

From MarketWatch