All laborious synonyms
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L l adj laborious
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- assiduous — Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly.
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- forced — strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile.
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- labored — of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
- operose — industrious, as a person.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- toilsome — characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- wearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- fatiguing — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- industrious — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- sedulous — diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
- tireless — untiring; indefatigable: a tireless worker.
- unflagging — tireless
adjective laborious
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- lengthy — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.