labor: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with R
Meaning of labor
noun
- US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Alternative spelling of labour.
Base or related entry: labour.
Listed forms: labors.
Source: Wiktionary — labor.
verb
- US, alt-of, alternative
Alternative spelling of labour.
Base or related entry: labour.
Listed forms: labors, laboring, labored.
Source: Wiktionary — labor.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for labor.
noun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- labour
- working class
- proletariat
noun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- parturiency
- labour
- confinement
- lying-in
- travail
- childbed
noun
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- labor movement
- trade union movement
- labour
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is labor in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Not found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of labor
L(1) + A(1) + B(3) + O(1) + R(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of labor
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from labor
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in labor. Showing up to 24, longest first.