labor
English Thesaurus
1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | work, |
| definition | : | activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | roping, |
| definition | : | capturing cattle or horses with a lasso (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | corvee, |
| definition | : | unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hunt, hunting, |
| definition | : | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hackwork, |
| definition | : | professional work done according to formula (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | haymaking, |
| definition | : | cutting grass and curing it to make hay (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | slavery, |
| definition | : | work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (noun.act) |
2. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | work, |
| definition | : | activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | assignment, |
| definition | : | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | baby, |
| definition | : | a project of personal concern to someone (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | endeavor, endeavour, enterprise, |
| definition | : | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | labor of love, labour of love, |
| definition | : | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | no-brainer, |
| definition | : | anything that requires little thought (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | proposition, |
| definition | : | a task to be dealt with (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | venture, |
| definition | : | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | manhattan project, |
| definition | : | code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II (noun.act) |
3. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | executive department, |
| definition | : | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (noun.group) |
4. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | labor force, labor pool, |
| definition | : | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | lumpenproletariat, |
| definition | : | (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | organized labor, |
| definition | : | employees who are represented by a labor union (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | prole, proletarian, worker, |
| definition | : | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (noun.person) |
5. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | labor party, labour party, |
| definition | : | a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | labourite, |
| definition | : | a member of the British Labour Party (noun.person) |
6. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | reform movement, |
| definition | : | a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww, |
| definition | : | a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I (noun.group) |
7. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)
| part holonym | : | uterine contraction, |
| definition | : | a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | effacement, |
| definition | : | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor (noun.process) |
| part holonym | : | asynclitism, obliquity, |
| definition | : | the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle (noun.state) |
| part meronym | : | gestation, maternity, pregnancy, |
| definition | : | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus (noun.state) |
8. undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | undergo, |
| definition | : | pass through (verb.perception) |
9. strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | fight, struggle, |
| definition | : | make a strenuous or labored effort (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | reach, strain, strive, |
| definition | : | to exert much effort or energy (verb.competition) |
| verb group | : | bear on, push, |
| definition | : | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action (verb.communication) |
10. work hard (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | do work, work, |
| definition | : | be employed (verb.social) |
11. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome, |
| definition | : | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all) |
12. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)
| derivation | : | task, |
| definition | : | assign a task to (verb.social) |
13. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (noun.group)
| derivation | : | proletarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat (adj.all) |
14. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, |
| definition | : | undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | parturient, |
| definition | : | giving birth (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | parturient, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or giving birth (adj.pert) |
15. undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body)
16. strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, toil, |
| definition | : | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act) |
17. work hard (verb.social)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, toil, |
| definition | : | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | drudge, hack, hacker, |
| definition | : | one who works hard at boring tasks (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk, |
| definition | : | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | toiler, |
| definition | : | one who works strenuously (noun.person) |
18. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome, |
| definition | : | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all) |
19. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun.act)
| derivation | : | task, |
| definition | : | assign a task to (verb.social) |
20. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (noun.group)
| derivation | : | proletarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat (adj.all) |
21. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, |
| definition | : | undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | parturient, |
| definition | : | giving birth (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | parturient, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or giving birth (adj.pert) |
22. undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb.body)
23. strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, toil, |
| definition | : | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act) |
24. work hard (verb.social)
| derivation | : | labor, labour, toil, |
| definition | : | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | drudge, hack, hacker, |
| definition | : | one who works hard at boring tasks (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk, |
| definition | : | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | toiler, |
| definition | : | one who works strenuously (noun.person) |
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