labour of love

Speech parts

1. labour of love - Noun

2. labour of love - Phrase

Meaning

productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

labor of love affair of the heart act of grace voluntary work task done for satisfaction work done for satisfaction work performed voluntarily work of love unpaid work favorite job task done for pleasure favourite occupation favourite work task performed voluntarily voluntary labour

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Antonyms

grunt work task done for money task done for reward work done for reward paid job self-serving work

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Hypernyms

project labor task undertaking

Examples

In addition, he appeared on the Nick Lowe tribute album Labour of Love, performing the Lowe song "Egypt" and the Gram Parsons tribute album The Return of the Grievous Angel, performing the Parsons song "Sleepless Nights". Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

labour of love

Close letter words and terms

labour market labour market flexibility labour migrant labour organizations labour pain labour pains