worker

worker

noun

Definition of WORKER

1

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>

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

Related Words workhorse; coolie, serf

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

2

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>

Synonyms hand, hireling, jobholder, retainer, worker

Related Words assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-man; drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British], toiler; nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman; associate, colleague, coworker; temp, temporary

Near Antonyms boss, superior, supervisor

Antonyms employer, gaffer [British]