worker

work·er

noun \ˈwər-kər\

Definition of WORKER

1

a : one that works especially at manual or industrial labor or with a particular material <a factory worker> —often used in combination

b : a member of the working class

2

: any of the sexually underdeveloped and usually sterile members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony

Examples of WORKER

1. The company is planning to hire 200 workers.
2. The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.
3. If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.
4. They are both hard workers.

First Known Use of WORKER

14th century

Related to WORKER

Synonyms

dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slavey, slogger, toiler, slave

Antonyms

employer, gaffer [British]

Related Words

workhorse; coolie, serf

Near Antonyms

goldbrick, shirker; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

Rhymes with WORKER

jerker, lurker, shirker