Laborious
Laborious adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
Working
Working adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: a boss who is of the opinion that a working employee is a needed employee, as idleness is a sign of dispensability
Laborious and working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Laborious" instead an adjective "Working".
Both words in one sentence
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They should also beware of falling into the trap of Laborious Laziness if they find that their smarts and their desire to avoid doing work is in fact making them work harder at being lazy than they would be working if they just did what they were supposed to.
Source: Brilliant, but Lazy
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Working and Laborious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/laborious/working
Laborious & Working. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/laborious/working>.
Working or Laborious. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/laborious/working.
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