labors
Exerts great effort
Labors is the plural of labor—work, especially physical work requiring effort: the labors of harvest season, Hercules and his twelve labors.
In American English, labors also serves as the verb form: She labors over every detail.
The word can describe childbirth contractions: Her labors lasted twelve hours.
British spelling: labours.
Hard, boring work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- grindCrush into particles
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
exhaustion · fatigue · overwork · burnout · menial · monotony · tedium · weariness
Shortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- birthComing into the world
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
epidural · cesarean · newborn · maternity · induction · pushing · dilation · obstetrics
Vigorous physical effort
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
commitment · application · concentration · focus · intensity · vigor · drive · energy
Paid occupation status
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- jobPaid position of employment
- professionTrained occupational field
- vocationDedicated career path
trade · craft · livelihood · career · workforce · task · duty · assignment
Forceful impact or stoppage
- unionizeForm a labor collective
- picketPointed fence stake
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- marchRhythmic group walk
protest · solidarity · activism · resistance · workers · oppression · rights · dispute
Supreme artistic achievement
- opusNumbered artistic creation
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
sculpture · invention · innovation · novel · symphony · fresco · tapestry · mosaic
drudgery
Hard, boring work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- grindCrush into particles
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
backbreaking · exhaustion · fatigue · overwork · burnout · menial · monotony · tedium · weariness · servitude
contractions
Shortened word forms
doula · epidural · cesarean · newborn · maternity · induction · pushing · dilation · obstetrics · prenatal
exertion
Vigorous physical effort
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
dedication · commitment · application · concentration · focus · intensity · vigor · drive · energy · zeal
employment
Paid occupation status
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- jobPaid position of employment
- professionTrained occupational field
vocation · trade · craft · livelihood · career · workforce · task · duty · assignment · undertaking
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
march · protest · solidarity · activism · resistance · workers · oppression · rights · dispute · bargaining
masterpiece
Supreme artistic achievement
- opusNumbered artistic creation
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
composition · sculpture · invention · innovation · novel · symphony · fresco · tapestry · mosaic · architecture
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- Epic mythologyhero's journey, epic quest, legendary voyage, divine intervention, mythical creatures
- Greek HeroesAchilles, Heracles, Hercules, Perseus, Theseus
- HerculesHercules, golden apples, Cerberus, club, lion skin
- manual laborWork done bodily
- compulsory laborWork required by law
- labor painsChildbirth's physical distress
- day labourersWorkers hired temporarily
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- labor protestOrganized worker demonstration
labor, elaborate, laborer, labored, laboring, labour, laboratory, collaborate, collaboration