Synonyms & related words for laborious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of laborious — including operose, toilsome, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, effortful. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to laborious

Explore words related to laborious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include toilful, laboriousness, tedious, laboriously, arduously, toil, drudgery, cumbersome. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for laborious

Common synonyms for laborious include operose, toilsome, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, effortful, hard, painstaking — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does laborious come from?

The word laborious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root labor-, from Latin labor (“work”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.