What are some opposite words for labour?
Antonyms for labour
ˈleɪ bərlabour
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labor, labour, working class, proletariatnoun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
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labor movement, confinement, parturiency, working class, undertaking, labor, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, projectparturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"she was in labor for six hours"
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trade union movement, elbow grease, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, effort, project, labor movement, sweat, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, restriction, lying-in, confinement, exertion, undertakingBritish Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labornoun
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
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trade union movement, task, proletariat, travail, childbed, project, labor movement, labour party, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, lying-in, confinement, labor party, undertakinglabor, labour, toilverb
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
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labor movement, confinement, parturiency, working class, undertaking, labor, trade union movement, childbed, task, toil, proletariat, travail, lying-in, projectlabor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, grind, dig, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag outtug, labor, labour, push, driveverb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
"She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
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fight, force back, crowd, lug, get, dig, ram, drudge, moil, press, tug, agitate, advertize, take, repel, aim, drive, promote, travail, crusade, motor, advertise, grind, bear on, repulse, labor, force, ride, push, campaign, tote, push back, toil, beat backlabor, labourverb
undergo the efforts of childbirth
Synonyms:
dig, travail, drudge, push, grind, drive, toil, tug, moil, labor
How to use labour in a sentence?
This is tremendously damaging. The workers don't feel welcome, and they ask if they will still have a job next year. The growers are extremely concerned as to where the supply of labour is going to come from, people here don't seem to realise that pretty much every single strawberry eaten at Wimbledon will have been picked by an eastern European.
Business leaders will still want to see value for money from the Conservative spending pledges, and there are some concerns this is turning into a big-spending election, but Tory (Conservative) plans are still well lower than the absolutely massive expansion being advocated by Labour.
Furthermore, there are signs of operational challenges still biting, with stock levels reaching another record low and import penetration falling, disruption is being exacerbated by continued labour shortages, with many retailers reliant on younger employees currently awaiting their jab.
One hypothesis the labour data is putting forward is that employment may now be growing at a pace of almost 300,000 even after the dollar has strengthened considerably. That is clearly above the speed limit, if this continues while labour participation does not increase, the jobless rate will fall to around 4.5 percent by the end of year and the Fed risks falling behind the curve in keeping inflation in check.
They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains.
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