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person who is employed, laborer
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work, person who is employed
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person, hired hand for odd jobs
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artisan, artist
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wage-earner, person who is employed
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hand, hired hand for odd jobs
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On this page you’ll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to worker, such as: employee, laborer, peasant, trader, artisan, and breadwinner.
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How to use worker in a sentence
With growing automation forcing industry after industry to either retrain workers or let them go, the number of people relying on social support programs might well grow.
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WORDS RELATED TO WORKER
- abettor
- actor
- advocate
- ambassador
- assignee
- assistant
- attorney
- broker
- commissioner
- delegate
- deputy
- doer
- emissary
- envoy
- executor
- factor
- factotum
- functionary
- go-between
- handler
- intermediary
- lawyer
- mediary
- middleperson
- minister
- mover
- negotiator
- officer
- operative
- operator
- principal
- proctor
- promoter
- proxy
- representative
- salesperson
- servant
- steward
- substitute
- surrogate
- ten percenter
- worker
- apprentice
- blue-collar worker
- breadwinner
- employee
- hired hand
- jobholder
- laborer
- wage earner
- worker
- working stiff
- income producer
- jobholder
- laborer
- meal ticket
- one who brings home the bacon
- provider
- worker
- artisan
- builder
- cabinetmaker
- carps
- chips
- craftsperson
- joiner
- laborer
- mason
- woodworker
- worker
- agent
- amanuensis
- auditor
- bookkeeper
- cashier
- copyist
- counter jumper
- counterperson
- employee
- notary
- office helper
- operator
- paper pusher
- paper shuffler
- pen pusher
- pencil pusher
- receptionist
- recorder
- registrar
- salesperson
- secretary
- seller
- shopperson
- stenographer
- teller
- transcriber
- white collar
- worker
- factotum
- grind
- laborer
- menial
- nose to grindstone
- peon
- plodder
- servant
- toiler
- workaholic
- worker
- workhorse
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workernoun
A person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.
Synonyms:
laborer
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workernoun
a person who works at a specific occupation
«he is a good worker»
Synonyms:
actor, prole, proletarian, doerAntonyms:
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proletarian, prole, workernoun
a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
«workers of the world—unite!»
Synonyms:
actor, prole, proletarian, doerAntonyms:
nonworker -
workernoun
sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
Synonyms:
actor, prole, proletarian, doerAntonyms:
nonworker -
actor, doer, workernoun
a person who acts and gets things done
«he’s a principal actor in this affair»; «when you want something done get a doer»; «he’s a miracle worker»
Synonyms:
prole, player, role player, proletarian, doer, thespian, actor, histrionAntonyms:
nonworker
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- Commoner
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workernoun
Synonyms:
artisan, artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, journeyman, mechanic, workman, laborer, operative, industrialAntonyms:
idler, drone, dabbler, sluggard, truant, dilettante, loafer, shirker
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List of paraphrases for «worker»:
workers, employee, labourer, workman, wizard, laborer, working, probation, travailleurs, labour
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Garett Bolles:
Demaryius Thomas was one of the first people to reach out to me when I got drafted, still have the message that Demaryius Thomas left on my phone, i played it yesterday. I know if Demaryius Thomas was here today, one thing Demaryius Thomas’d tell me is’ just keep working.’ That’s one thing Demaryius Thomas always did, Demaryius Thomas was always working, Demaryius Thomas was always the hardest worker.
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Donald Trump:
The Obama-Clinton [agenda] has blocked jobs through anti-energy regulations, the Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan jobs. Clinton said she will put coal miners out of business. … A Trump administration will end this war on the American worker and unleash an energy revolution that will bring vast new wealth.
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Jennifer Nelson:
On one hand, the woman was empowered … she was a briefcase-carrying worker outside the home. But then there was the superwoman complex that came along and meant that while she was doing all that, she was also raising kids, and she was also trying to please her man, it was like, OK women — you wanted it all so now you can work, you can raise kids, you can look sexy and make the money.
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Valdeci Scherer:
The workers are unsatisfied with talks up to now, we consider slaughterhouse work draining and are asking for what the law guarantees and what is just for the worker.
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Brian Moynihan:
The average worker is working, getting paid more, thats going to translate into good credit performance on the consumer side. The real risk for the U.S. economy is if the consumers slow down.
Translations for worker
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- werkerAfrikaans
- عاملArabic
- işçiAzerbaijani
- работніца, працаўнік, работнік, працаўніцаBelarusian
- работник, работничкаBulgarian
- কর্মীBengali
- labourer, micherour, labourerezBreton
- treballador, treballadora, obrerCatalan, Valencian
- dělník, dělniceCzech
- arbejderDanish
- Hacklerin, Arbeitnehmer, Arbeitsameise, Arbeiterin, Arbeitnehmerin, Angestellter, Arbeiter, Arbeitsbiene, Arbeitstermite, Hackler, Angestellte, ArbeitswespeGerman
- εργάτης, εργάτριαGreek
- virproletario, laborulino, proletariino, virlaboranto, laboranto, proleto, virproleto, laboristo, virlaborulo, proletario, laboristino, laborantino, laborulo, proletino, virlaboristoEsperanto
- trabajador, obrero, obreraSpanish
- töötajaEstonian
- کارگرPersian
- työläinenFinnish
- ouvrier, ouvrière, travailleuse, travailleurFrench
- oibríIrish
- obraiche, neach-obrachScottish Gaelic
- obbreeManx
- मज़दूरHindi
- dolgozó, munkásHungarian
- աշխատող, բանվորArmenian
- buruh, pekerjaIndonesian
- starfsmaðurIcelandic
- lavorante, operaio, lavoratoreItalian
- 労働者, 勤労者, 働Japanese
- მუშაGeorgian
- жұмысшыKazakh
- បុគ្គលិក, កម្មករ, អ្នកធ្វើការKhmer
- ಕೆಲಸಗಾರKannada
- 勞動者, 노동자Korean
- жумушчуKyrgyz
- ກຳມະກອນLao
- darbininkasLithuanian
- strādnieksLatvian
- работничка, работникMacedonian
- ажилчин, ажилтанMongolian
- pekerjaMalay
- ħaddiema, ħaddiemMaltese
- အလုပ်သမားBurmese
- arbeiderNorwegian
- arbeider, arbeidskrachtDutch
- arbeidarNorwegian Nynorsk
- robotnica, robotnikPolish
- trabalhadorPortuguese
- lucrătoare, lucrător, muncitor, muncitoare, albină lucrătoareRomanian
- [[рабочий, работник, труженик, трудящийся, работница, рабочий, труженицаRussian
- радница, radnik, radnica, радникSerbo-Croatian
- කම්කරුවා, වැඩකාරයාSinhala, Sinhalese
- robotník, robotníčkaSlovak
- delavec, delavkaSlovene
- punëtorAlbanian
- arbetareSwedish
- коргарTajik
- คนงานThai
- işçiTurkmen
- trabahador, manggagawaTagalog
- emekçi, işçiTurkish
- ئىشچىUyghur, Uighur
- трудящий, робітник, робітниця, працівник, працівницяUkrainian
- مزدورUrdu
- ishchiUzbek
- công nhânVietnamese
- voban, hivoban, jivobanVolapük
- אַרבעטערYiddish
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actor, adept, artificer, artisan, artist, en.synonym.one, bee, black, contriver, craftsman, craftswoman, designer, doer, driver, drone, engineer, flying insect, hand, handyman, helper, hired hand, inventor, jack-of-all-trades, labourer, mister fix-it, motorist, en.synonym.one, operative, operator, prole, proletarian, queen, user, workman, workpeople.
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workers
noun
Definition of workers
plural of worker
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as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation’s fruits and vegetables
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laborers
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peons
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drones
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drudges
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shirkers
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idlers
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as in employes
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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employes
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employees
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assistants
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laborers
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colleagues
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jobholders
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hirelings
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hands
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associates
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subordinates
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flunkeys
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retainers
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toilers
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co—workers
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underlings
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workingmen
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cogs
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workmen
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coworkers
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wage earners
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wageworkers
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navvies
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yes—men
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grubs
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workwomen
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workingwomen
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gandy dancers
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flunkies
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wage slaves
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jobbers
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drudges
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hacks
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temporaries
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temps
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nine—to—fivers
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employers
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supervisors
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bosses
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superiors
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gaffers
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employers
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supervisors
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bosses
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superiors
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gaffers
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