Synonyms of worker

worker

noun

ˈwər-kər 

1

as in laborer

a person who does very hard or dull work

a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborer
• slave
• toiler
• peon
• foot soldier
• plugger
• grunt
• dogsbody
• drone
• grubber
• drudge
• grub
• drudger
• slogger
• serf
• workhorse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirker
• idler
• slug
• loafer
• sluggard
• slouch
• goldbrick
• lazybones

2

as in employee

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employer
• supervisor
• boss
• gaffer
• superior

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of worker

Since then, Amazon's warehouse automation efforts have ballooned to over one million robots across its facilities that can pick, sort and ferry items to workers. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026

Now, there’re signs that the push to automate labor is actually backfiring in ironic fashion, as workers who’ve been forced to adopt AI tools are becoming less efficient as time goes on. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 8 Nov. 2026

Last year, business leaders reached out to the mayor’s team to express their fears that the City Council’s plan to raise the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour would wreak financial havoc on the city’s hospitality industry. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Lower birth rates mean fewer workers paying in, retirees are collecting for longer, and declining immigration has shrunk the pool of workers paying payroll taxes. — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing worker

• sex worker