LABORER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

laborer

noun

ˈlā-bər-ər

Definition of laborer

as in worker

a person who does very hard or dull work they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships

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Recent Examples of laborer Activists suspect that Flock’s data has been used to plan immigration raids, which frequently target hardware store parking lots where migrant day-laborers often wait for work. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 The White miners drove hundreds of other Chinese laborers out of the town. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Built in 1610 by Spanish and Indigenous laborers, the church was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt that drove Spanish colonizers out of the region for 12 years. — Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for laborer

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Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
To give workers more, the DSA would basically end capitalism.

— Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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The film focused on a young Black reenactor at a historical slave plantation museum in the Midwest who yells at tourists and fights with the town’s racist mayor — played by Parker — was reportedly slated to go into production in the summer of 2024.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
According to The Ankler, the film’s plot centers on a Black reenactor at a historical slave plantation museum who clashes with the Midwest town’s racist mayor, played by Parker.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

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