worksite

noun

work·​site ˈwərk-ˌsīt 

variants or work site

plural worksites or work sites

1

: a place where construction, demolition, renovation, or repair work is in progress

The course will make site workers aware of the differences between disaster sites and regular construction or demolition worksites …

—North Country Now (Potsdam, New York)

"We have started to install erosion controls at the worksite off of Oakdale Avenue and crews have completed the installation of one rock entrance to the worksite …," said Energy Transfer spokesperson Joe Massaro.

—Damon C. Williams

The new, permanent repairs will consist of removing the two existing bridge spans and installing two new ones. … Crews will also replace gravel and rails as well as perform some minor resurfacing at the work site.

—Christopher Cann

MHBA [=Manitoba Home Builder's Association] renovator members take worksite safety just as seriously.

—Lanny McInnes

2

: a place (such as an office or factory) where people work : workplace

The … survey covers 131,000 businesses and government agencies which make up 670,000 worksites …

—Nate DiCamillo

… large numbers of employees have only a virtual presence at their worksites.

—The Victoria (British Columbia) Times Colonist

Examples of worksite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On July 28, Bermeo Sicha was in a car with two co-workers, including one who was driving them to a worksite in Maine, according to the order. —Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025

But the man had long worked on a military base less than a mile from the worksite shared by the two 2024 cases. —Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025

Caplan envisions temporary worksite housing to solve that problem. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025

Nuncio Quinto — a Long Island resident and union electrician for a subcontractor working under Skanska — alleged in his suit that the company had been aware the threat of an outbreak loomed over their worksites. —Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for worksite

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight