2. Work for Which Someone Is Paid

Labor

NOUN

1. Physical or mental work

2. Work for which someone is paid

3. Workers considered as a group

Examples

1. Getting the job done will require many hours of difficult labor.

2. He rested from his labors.

3. The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor.

4. She went into labor this morning.

Synonyms

Work

Toil

Effort

VERB

1. To work hard

ADJECTIVE: Laborious

1. Requiring considerable effort and time

Inadvertent

ADJECTIVE

1. Not intended or planned

Examples

Synonyms

Accidental

Unintentional

Unplanned

Uncalculating (hello!!)

Deliberate

ADJECTIVE

1. Done consciously and intentionally

Examples

A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict

Synonyms

Intentional

Calculated

Intended

VERB

1. To think about or discuss something very carefully in order to make a decision

The jury deliberated for two days before reaching a verdict.

They will deliberate the question.

Synonyms

Chew over

Contemplate

Ponder (hello!)

Question

Overhaul

VERB

1. To look at every part of (something) and repair or replace the parts that do not work

2. To change (something) completely in order to improve it

3. To renovate, remake, revise, or renew thoroughly

Examples

The mechanic overhauled the car's engine.

Next year, they are going to overhaul the curriculum.

Synonyms

Fix

Improve

Modernize

Rebuild

Repair

Painstaking

ADJECTIVE

1. Showing or done with great care and effort

2. It takes “pains” or trouble to do

Examples

The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.

<she was always painstaking about her work>

Synonyms

Careful

Diligent

Meticulous