workplace

noun

work·​place ˈwərk-ˌplās 

plural workplaces

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

a safe and welcoming workplace

… was passionate about creating more diversity in the workplace …

—Kate Briquelet and Noah Kirsch

—often used before another noun

workplace culture

workplace policies

a healthy workplace environment

compare worksite

Examples of workplace in a Sentence

Foul language will not be tolerated in the workplace.

Recent Examples on the Web

Those include data on prices, inflation, productivity, spending, pay, workplace injuries, employment and unemployment. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

Federal officials said the raid was the largest single-site workplace enforcement action in the history of Homeland Security Investigations. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025

Martinez is not happy to see the cameras in his current workplace. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025

Five of the six actors currently nominated for Guest Actor in a Comedy at this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys play themselves in The Studio, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s extremely self-aware Hollywood workplace comedy. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing workplace

• workplace romance

Rhymes for workplace

• abase
• airspace
• apace
• backspace
• biface
• birthplace
• blackface
• boldface
• bookcase
• braincase
• briefcase
• carcase