| noun | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages “there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field” |
| noun | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child “she was in labor for six hours” |
| noun | 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 | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) “his labor did not require a great deal of skill” |
| verb | work hard “She was digging away at her math homework” |
| verb | strive and make an effort to reach a goal “She tugged for years to make a decent living” |
| verb | undergo the efforts of childbirth |
| proletarian | adjective | belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat |
| parturient | adjective | giving birth |
| labor | verb | undergo the efforts of childbirth |
| labour | verb | undergo the efforts of childbirth |
| laborious | adjective | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort |
| toil | verb | work hard |
| labor | noun | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| laborer | noun | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor |
| labour | noun | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| labourer | noun | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor |
| toiler | noun | one who works strenuously |
| toil | noun | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| travail | noun | use of physical or mental energy; hard work |
| grind | noun | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious |
| drudge | noun | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
| drudgery | noun | hard monotonous routine work |
| push | noun | enterprising or ambitious drive |
| drive | noun | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |