Synonyms of jobholder

jobholder

noun

ˈjäb-ˌhōl-dər 

as in employee

one who works for another for wages or a salary

more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employee
• worker
• hireling
• laborer
• assistant
• colleague
• associate
• retainer
• subordinate
• underling
• hand
• yes-man
• workman
• cog
• wage earner
• flunky
• navvy
• workingman
• toiler
• drudge
• workingwoman
• wage slave
• jobber
• workwoman
• hack
• grub
• coworker
• wageworker
• gandy dancer
• temporary
• temp
• nine-to-fiver

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employer
• supervisor
• boss
• gaffer
• superior

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jobholder

Rather than a sign of relief from high food prices, researchers say that over half of jobholders are responding to inflation by skipping meals. — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Other jobholders included dads with young children and women with no kids. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Labor force indicators are at best mediocre, although the 800,000 reduction in jobholder numbers from a normal annual benchmarking with fully complete data is overblown. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025

Conservatives see in such a report only a vast political machine greased with the millions that each month line the pockets of federal jobholders. — Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month. — Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020

The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders. — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020

Prior jobholder resigned in March after failing to appreciate the bank’s new status as a public utility. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019