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laborer

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Synonyms and Antonyms of laborer

a person who does very hard or dull work

they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships

Synonyms of laborer

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

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Near Antonyms of laborer

goldbrick, shirker

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

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