labour
nounHow many syllables in labour?
There are 2 syllables in the word labour.How to pronounce labour:
Definition of labour:
- labour (noun):
- productive work, esp. physical work done for wages
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
Synonyms for labour:
bear
beast
british labour party
burden
childbed
chore
class
confinement
donkey-work
drudgery
effort
exertion
grind
headache
industry
job
killer
labor
labor force
labor pool
labour party
lumpenproletariat
lying-in
organized labor
pains
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Antonyms for labour:
aid
apathy
avocation
benefit
blessing
bliss
break
comfort
contentment
delight
disregard
ease
easiness
elation
enjoyment
entertainment
freedom
fun
gladness
good health
happiness
health
help
hesitation
hobby
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- deftness
- achieved
- thereat
- abduct
- slushy
- moneyed
- uncharged
- frosted
- thicket
- lockdown
- whacked
- grapple
- dabbed
- blurt out
- bisect
- unmarred
- Tiffin
- stripy
- soilage
- action
- scutter
- rosy
- fannel
- crusade
- twisting
- hatter
- Ulmar
- choicest
- duckling
- Lexi
- glitched
- verdure
- leaver
- firey
- ducked
- nickname
- lamest
- modeled
- egad
- thirdly
- forepaw
- barrack
- fevor
- word-blind
- man-made
- umbrage
- nastic
- nagger
- aslant
- baleful
- … more
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