Definition of labor

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• labor is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• labor is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• labor is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of labor

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (noun)

  Examples

  1. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

  Synonyms

  1. labour
  2. proletariat
  3. working class
• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. project
  2. task
  3. undertaking
• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. department of labor
  2. dol
  3. labor department
• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun)

  Examples

  1. she was in labor for six hours

  Synonyms

  1. childbed
  2. confinement
  3. labour
  4. lying-in
  5. parturiency
  6. travail
• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. labor movement
  2. trade union movement
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. drive
  2. labour
  3. push
  4. tug
• 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)

  Synonyms

  1. british labour party
  2. labour
  3. labour party
• productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun)

  Examples

  1. his labor did not require a great deal of skill

  Synonyms

  1. labour
  2. toil
• work hard (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dig
  2. drudge
  3. fag
  4. grind
  5. labour
  6. moil
  7. toil
  8. travail
• undergo the efforts of childbirth (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. labour

See definition of labor in Merriam Webster