LABORING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

laboring

verb

present participle of labor

as in struggling

to devote serious and sustained effort the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

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Recent Examples of laboring Strange, yes, but definitely more memorable than an accountant in green eyeshade laboring over the books. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 And workers have now spent over 1 million hours laboring on an infrastructure project whose price tag has surpassed $900 million. — Robert Tann, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2026 McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 In line with the great tech selloff over AI spending fears, Capgemini’s share price has been laboring. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026 While practicing for a sixth straight day, laboring in a heat index pushing 90 degrees, the Chiefs were bound to be a bit ill-mannered. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 Complicated births that require, for example, extended time laboring will now be differentiated and might cost more, while uncomplicated births will cost less. — Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026 Since the Computing Community Consortium hosted its first conference on thermodynamic computing in 2019, a small community of researchers has been laboring to put it into practice. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 But others are still at work, laboring under a new collective bargaining agreement with another labor organization, the International Longshoremen’s Association. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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But while most young people are struggling to land their first opportunity, some have jumped the line by building their own small businesses and startups—and young founders are now ramping up hiring even as companies across industries slow theirs.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The film includes flashbacks to his time in the war and features a parallel story about his young carer struggling to make ends meet.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggling

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And those striving for zest under these circumstances may benefit from assistance from a mental health professional like a psychologist, a physical health provider like a physician, or a personal trainer or fitness instructor.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
There was a phone booth across the street where striving actors would take calls from their agents, before cell phones.

— Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of striving

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Walsh will contribute across collection development, campaign concepts, styling, brand imagery and creative storytelling, working alongside the Rebecca Taylor team.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Phillips is working from a script by Jordan & Justin Shipley, creators of the TBS comedy Wrecked, with a rewrite by Phillips & frequent collaborator Gene Stupnitsky, who’s producing through his Big Name Entertainment banner.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of working

Verb

Alfozan made his first court appearance Tuesday on a charge of using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Alfozan is charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of endeavoring

Verb

Compared to a woman who spends her days toiling to defend some of America’s most underserved, Lee’s a man who wrote a puff piece about some rich, white dude.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
By the doorway to the catwalk two people sat toiling at desks, one hand-beading a piece of cloth and the other machine sewing a denim garment.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

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