Antonyms for labor


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ley-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ bər


Definition of labor

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a task, a project;" later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from Old French labor "labor, toil, work, exertion, task" (12c., Modern French labeur), from Latin laborem (nominative labor) "labor, toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," of uncertain origin, perhaps originally from the notion of "tottering under a burden," and related to labere "to totter."
  • Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1590s, earlier labour of birthe (early 15c.), a sense also found in Old French, and cf. French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
  • noun work, undertaking
  • noun person(s) performing service
  • noun childbirth process
  • verb work very hard
Example sentences :
  • This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • All sorts of labor is got at enormous rates of compensation.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • My field of labor was my own heart, which I endeavored to render pure in the sight of God.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • He felt committed for labor; glad was he, very, yet perplexed.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I do not take what I cannot win by my own labor,' said he; 'there was a puma drove up the game for me.'
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • She don't have anythin' to give, only her labor, as well off as they be.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • He nodded pleasantly to me when I wished him good-morning, then returned to his labor.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • It is now carried on exclusively by the labor of free blacks.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This is but the necessary consequence of all labor which does not benefit the laborer.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • We are Nature's poor handmaidens, and our labor gives us joy.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for labor

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