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worker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of worker

1 a person who does very hard or dull work

a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nationʼs fruits and vegetables

Synonyms of worker

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

Words Related to worker

Near Antonyms of worker

goldbrick, shirker

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

2 one who works for another for wages or a salary

a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers

Synonyms of worker

employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, retainer

Words Related to worker

assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey), subordinate, underling, yes-man

drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British], toiler

nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman

associate, colleague, coworker

temp, temporary

Near Antonyms of worker

boss, superior, supervisor

Antonyms of worker

employer, gaffer [British]

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