We are indirectly dependent upon the labour of others for all the necessities and comforts of our lives.
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Labour
/ˈleɪ.bə/
Synonyms for "labour" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
Noun(16 words)
lying-inoutputparturiencyparturitionproductionprogressive partyprojectproletariatsocial democratic partystriveswinktasktrade union movementtravailundertakingworking class
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesactivitybirthbirth processbirthingclassdo workeconomic activityfightgiving birthlabor partylabour partyparturitionphysiological processpolitical partyproductionreform movement
Showing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
11 entriesheavy labourlabour forcelabour lawlabour marketlabour onlabour overlabour partylabour throughlabour undermanual labourphysical labour
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesbear onpush
Translations
131 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- arbeid noun (work)
Albanian
1 entries- punë noun (work)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔργον noun (work)
Arabic
2 entries- شُغْل noun (work)
- عَمَل noun (work)
Armenian
1 entries- աշխատանք noun (work)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- iş noun (work)
- zəhmət noun (work)
- əmək noun (work)
- əziyyət noun (work)
Bashkir
1 entries- эш noun (work)
Belarusian
1 entries- пра́ца noun (work)
Bengali
3 entries- কাজ noun (work)
- মেহনত noun (work)
- শ্রম noun (work)
Bulgarian
1 entries- труд noun (work)
Burmese
2 entries- လုပ်အား noun (work)
- အလုပ် noun (work)
Chinese
1 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
Church Slavic
4 entries- работа noun (work)
- троудъ noun (work)
- ⱃⰰⰱⱁⱅⰰ noun (work)
- ⱅⱃⱆⰴⱏ noun (work)
Czech
2 entries- námaha noun (work)
- práce noun (work)
Danish
1 entries- arbejde noun (work)
Dutch
1 entries- arbeid noun (work)
Finnish
1 entries- aherrus noun (work)
French
2 entries- effort noun (work)
- travail noun (work)
Friulian
1 entries- lavôr noun (work)
Georgian
1 entries- შრომა noun (work)
German
1 entries- Arbeit noun (work)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 noun (work)
Greek
2 entries- δουλειά noun (work)
- εργασία noun (work)
Hebrew
2 entries- עֲבוֹדָה noun (work)
- עָמָל noun (work)
Hindi
2 entries- काम noun (work)
- श्रम noun (work)
Hungarian
1 entries- munka noun (work)
Icelandic
1 entries- vinna noun (work)
Ido
1 entries- laboro noun (work)
Indonesian
2 entries- kerja noun (work)
- tenaga kerja noun (work)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- شُغْل noun (work)
- مِحْنَت noun (work)
- کار noun (work)
Irish
2 entries- obair noun (work)
- saothar noun (work)
Istriot
1 entries- lavur noun (work)
Italian
1 entries- lavoro noun (work)
Japanese
1 entries- 労働 noun (work)
Kazakh
4 entries- еңбек noun (work)
- жұмыс noun (work)
- іс noun (work)
- қызмет noun (work)
Khmer
1 entries- ការងារ noun (work)
Korean
2 entries- 노동 noun (work)
- 로동 noun (work)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- жумуш noun (work)
- иш noun (work)
- кызмат noun (work)
- эмгек noun (work)
Ladin
1 entries- lëur noun (work)
Lao
4 entries- ການທຳ noun (work)
- ງານ noun (work)
- ນັກງານ noun (work)
- ແຮງງານ noun (work)
Macedonian
1 entries- труд noun (work)
Malay
1 entries- kerja noun (work)
Malayalam
1 entries- അധ്വാനം noun (work)
Mongolian
2 entries- ажил noun (work)
- хөдөлмөр noun (work)
Māori
1 entries- mahi noun (work)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tequiua noun (work)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- arbeid noun (work)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- робота noun (work)
- трудъ noun (work)
Old English
2 entries- earfoþe noun (work)
- weorc noun (work)
Old Saxon
1 entries- arƀed noun (work)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- трудба noun (work)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Oabeit noun (work)
- Woakj noun (work)
Polish
1 entries- praca noun (work)
Portuguese
2 entries- labuta noun (work)
- trabalho noun (work)
Romanian
1 entries- muncă noun (work)
Romansch
1 entries- lavur noun (work)
Russian
2 entries- рабо́та noun (work)
- труд noun (work)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- obair noun (work)
- saothair noun (work)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rȃd noun (work)
- ра̑д noun (work)
Sicilian
2 entries- lavuri noun (work)
- travagghiu noun (work)
Slovak
1 entries- práca noun (work)
Slovene
1 entries- delo noun (work)
Spanish
1 entries- trabajo noun (work)
Swedish
1 entries- arbete noun (work)
Tajik
3 entries- кор noun (work)
- меҳнат noun (work)
- шуғл noun (work)
Tatar
2 entries- хезмәт noun (work)
- эш noun (work)
Telugu
1 entries- శ్రమ noun (work)
Thai
3 entries- การงาน noun (work)
- งาน noun (work)
- แรงงาน noun (work)
Tocharian B
1 entries- lāṃs noun (work)
Turkish
2 entries- emek noun (work)
- iş noun (work)
Turkmen
2 entries- iş noun (work)
- zähmet noun (work)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пра́ця noun (work)
- труд noun (work)
Urdu
3 entries- شُغْل noun (work)
- مِحْنَت noun (work)
- کام noun (work)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەمگەك noun (work)
Uzbek
2 entries- ish noun (work)
- mehnat noun (work)
Venetan
1 entries- laóro noun (work)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lao động noun (work)
Welsh
2 entries- gwaith noun (work)
- llafur noun (work)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַרבעט noun (work)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Hanson is wrong when he states international economic developments led to great migrations of labour in the seventeenth century.
Source: tatoeba (73311)
"I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker.
Source: tatoeba (73512)
The argument continues about the "white-collar exemption" that exempts specific white-collar workers from the "eight hours per day, 40 hours per week" working hours, as fixed by labour standards legislation.
Source: tatoeba (326663)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.