labored

Other forms of labored

comparative

laboredder·

superlative

laboreddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about labored

What does labored mean?

labored means "lacking natural ease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in labored?

labored has 2 syllables: labo-red. The stress falls on "labo". In IPA it is /ˈleɪbɚd/.

What is another word for labored?

Close synonyms include laboured, strained, heavy, laboured. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is labored a common word?

labored is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.