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{
"labeled":{
"as in titled , tabbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tabbed",
"titled",
"denominated",
"designated",
"specified",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed",
"exceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled",
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
"synonyms":[
"marked",
"tagged",
"ticketed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captioned",
"earmarked",
"hallmarked",
"stamped",
"called",
"designated",
"identified",
"named",
"tabbed",
"entitled",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled",
"branded",
"stigmatized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
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"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
],
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"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"denoted",
"specified",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"surnamed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"labile":{
"as in unstable , fluctuating":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"versatile",
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"labor":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"job",
"killer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"heavy lifting",
"lucubration",
"effort",
"strain",
"sweat",
"burden",
"load",
"weight",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt"
],
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"effort",
"elbow grease",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeywork",
"drudge",
"drudgery",
"fatigue",
"grind",
"moil",
"slavery",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadework",
"effort",
"exertion",
"pains",
"struggle",
"trouble",
"chore",
"duty",
"job",
"obligation",
"responsibility",
"routine",
"tedium",
"treadmill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose",
"rest",
"amusement",
"dalliance",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation",
"sport",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"play"
]
},
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"the mother's labor lasted for six hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accouchement",
"childbearing",
"childbirth",
"delivery",
"parturition",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pang",
"contraction",
"pains",
"pregnancy",
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"cesarean section",
"caesarean section",
"natural childbirth",
"childbed",
"confinement",
"lying-in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
"examples":[
"a small, personal film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and actors"
],
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"affair",
"fruit",
"handiwork",
"output",
"produce",
"product",
"production",
"thing",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"commodity",
"entry",
"object",
"goods",
"line",
"merchandise",
"wares",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"issue",
"outcome",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"offspring",
"outgrowth",
"residual",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laborers":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laborious":{
"involved in often constant activity":{
"examples":[
"the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"assiduous",
"bustling",
"busy",
"diligent",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"industrious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knee-deep",
"swamped",
"animated",
"astir",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"hardworking",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied"
]
},
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spill"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
"examples":[
"that report is the product of months of laborious research"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"burdensome",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"killing",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"taxing",
"toilsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficult",
"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"labyrinth":{
"a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages":{
"examples":[
"we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"maze",
"rabbit warren",
"warren"
],
"near synonyms":[
"meander",
"jungle",
"quagmire",
"catacomb",
"cat's cradle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"web",
"entanglement",
"entrapment",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"labored":{
"as in unrealistic , concocted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"labor camp":{
"as in concentration camp , prison camp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth",
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"labelled":{
"as in titled , tabbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tabbed",
"titled",
"denominated",
"designated",
"specified",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed",
"exceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled",
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
"synonyms":[
"marked",
"tagged",
"ticketed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captioned",
"earmarked",
"hallmarked",
"stamped",
"called",
"designated",
"identified",
"named",
"tabbed",
"entitled",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled",
"branded",
"stigmatized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"denoted",
"specified",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"surnamed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"labors":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"beasts",
"chores",
"headaches",
"jobs",
"killers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"heavy liftings",
"lucubrations",
"efforts",
"strains",
"sweats",
"burdens",
"loads",
"weights",
"bothers",
"nuisances",
"troubles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"child's play",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setups",
"snaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt"
],
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"efforts",
"elbow grease",
"exertions",
"expenditures",
"pains",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"whiles",
"works"
],
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"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"slogs",
"strains",
"toils",
"travails",
"dints",
"energies",
"forces",
"mights",
"muscles",
"powers",
"puissances",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks"
],
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"eases",
"facilities",
"fluencies",
"dormancies",
"inactions",
"inactivities",
"indolences",
"inertias",
"languors",
"quiescences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment"
],
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"donkeyworks",
"drudgeries",
"drudges",
"fatigues",
"grinds",
"moils",
"slaveries",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadeworks",
"efforts",
"exertions",
"pains",
"struggles",
"troubles",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs",
"obligations",
"responsibilities",
"routines",
"tediums",
"treadmills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompressions",
"eases",
"leisures",
"relaxations",
"reposes",
"rests",
"amusements",
"dalliances",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations",
"sports",
"dormancies",
"inactivities",
"inertias"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"plays"
]
},
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"the mother's labor lasted for six hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accouchements",
"childbearings",
"childbirths",
"deliveries",
"parturitions",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pangs",
"contractions",
"pains",
"pregnancies",
"abortions",
"miscarriages",
"cesarean sections",
"caesarean sections",
"natural childbirths",
"childbeds",
"confinements",
"lyings-in",
"lying-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
"examples":[
"a small, personal film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and actors"
],
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"affairs",
"fruits",
"handiworks",
"outputs",
"produces",
"productions",
"products",
"things",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"commodities",
"entries",
"objects",
"goods",
"lines",
"merchandises",
"wares",
"handcrafts",
"handicrafts",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"outgrowths",
"residuals",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief"
],
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"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"labels":{
"a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it":{
"examples":[
"on its frame the painting had a label with its title and the name of the artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"markers",
"tags",
"tickets"
],
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"captions",
"legends",
"brands",
"emblems",
"hallmarks",
"logos",
"marks",
"symbols",
"trademarks",
"badges",
"decals",
"plaques",
"seals",
"stamps",
"stickers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
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"marks",
"tags",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captions",
"earmarks",
"hallmarks",
"stamps",
"calls",
"designates",
"identifies",
"names",
"tabs",
"entitles",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles",
"brands",
"stigmatizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
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"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"rechristens",
"relabels",
"renames",
"surnames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"labyrinthian":{
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
"examples":[
"a website with an exceptionally labyrinthian procedure for ordering merchandise"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated",
"tangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"label":{
"a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it":{
"examples":[
"on its frame the painting had a label with its title and the name of the artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"marker",
"tag",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"legend",
"brand",
"emblem",
"hallmark",
"logo",
"mark",
"symbol",
"trademark",
"badge",
"decal",
"plaque",
"seal",
"stamp",
"sticker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
"synonyms":[
"mark",
"tag",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"earmark",
"hallmark",
"stamp",
"call",
"designate",
"identify",
"name",
"tab",
"entitle",
"style",
"term",
"title",
"brand",
"stigmatize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"labelling":{
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
"synonyms":[
"marking",
"tagging",
"ticketing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"hallmarking",
"stamping",
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"tabbing",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laborsaving":{
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
"examples":[
"a new laborsaving device let us clean the house in half the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"automated",
"automatic",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-operating",
"self-regulating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"labyrinthine":{
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
"examples":[
"labyrinthine politics that left us totally befuddled"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"sophisticated",
"tangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"labyrinths":{
"a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages":{
"examples":[
"we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"mazes",
"rabbit warrens",
"warrens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"meanders",
"jungles",
"quagmires",
"catacombs",
"cat's cradles",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"webs",
"entanglements",
"entrapments",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"labor force":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"help",
"manpower",
"personnel",
"pool",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laboriously":{
"in a manner involving great or constant activity":{
"examples":[
"working laboriously late into the night in order to meet the deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"actively",
"assiduously",
"busily",
"diligently",
"industriously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"energetically",
"vigorously",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelessly",
"sleepily"
],
"antonyms":[
"idly",
"inactively"
]
},
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"the farmer laboriously pruned all season long to produce the finest crop of grapes possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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},
"labeling":{
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones"
],
"synonyms":[
"marking",
"tagging",
"ticketing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"hallmarking",
"stamping",
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"tabbing",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the dictionary labels some words \"archaic\""
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"labor forces":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people"
],
"synonyms":[
"forces",
"help",
"manpowers",
"personnels",
"pools",
"staffs",
"staves",
"workforces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labors",
"proletariats",
"rank and files",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"employees",
"employes",
"helpers",
"hirelings",
"workers",
"blood",
"supports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laboring":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"labor camps":{
"as in concentration camps , prison camps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths",
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laborer":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbody",
"drone",
"drudge",
"drudger",
"fag",
"foot soldier",
"grub",
"grubber",
"grunt",
"peon",
"plugger",
"slave",
"slogger",
"toiler",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorse",
"serf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"labour":{
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"job",
"killer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"heavy lifting",
"lucubration",
"effort",
"strain",
"sweat",
"burden",
"load",
"weight",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt"
],
"synonyms":[
"effort",
"elbow grease",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeywork",
"drudge",
"drudgery",
"fatigue",
"grind",
"moil",
"slavery",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadework",
"effort",
"exertion",
"pains",
"struggle",
"trouble",
"chore",
"duty",
"job",
"obligation",
"responsibility",
"routine",
"tedium",
"treadmill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose",
"rest",
"amusement",
"dalliance",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation",
"sport",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"play"
]
},
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"the mother's labor lasted for six hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accouchement",
"childbearing",
"childbirth",
"delivery",
"parturition",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pang",
"contraction",
"pains",
"pregnancy",
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"cesarean section",
"caesarean section",
"natural childbirth",
"childbed",
"confinement",
"lying-in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
"examples":[
"a small, personal film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and actors"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"fruit",
"handiwork",
"output",
"produce",
"product",
"production",
"thing",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"commodity",
"entry",
"object",
"goods",
"line",
"merchandise",
"wares",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"issue",
"outcome",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"offspring",
"outgrowth",
"residual",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work",
"sweat blood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}