Synonyms of workers

workers

noun

plural of worker

1

as in laborers

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

• laborers
• slaves
• toilers
• peons
• foot soldiers
• grubs
• pluggers
• grubbers
• grunts
• drones
• drudges
• drudgers
• sloggers
• dogsbodies
• serfs
• workhorses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirkers
• idlers
• slugs
• loafers
• sluggards
• goldbricks
• lazybones
• slouches

2

as in employees

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

• employees
• laborers
• assistants
• colleagues
• jobholders
• hirelings
• hands
• associates
• subordinates
• retainers
• toilers
• underlings
• workingmen
• cogs
• workmen
• coworkers
• wage earners
• wageworkers
• navvies
• yes-men
• grubs
• workwomen
• workingwomen
• gandy dancers
• flunkies
• wage slaves
• jobbers
• drudges
• hacks
• temporaries
• temps
• nine-to-fivers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employers
• supervisors
• bosses
• superiors
• gaffers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of workers

At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The platform at one point served more than 500,000 workers, also referred to as turkers, according to Amazon. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

In a blog post published Wednesday, Gates asks technology and political leaders to respond more urgently to threats from AI — namely to create new policies to protect workers and to tax companies based on their use of it. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Fewer workers are splitting the cost of supporting a larger, longer-living retired population. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Raley’s owns and runs more than 100 grocery stores and employs roughly 11,500 workers, according to the company’s website. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Hospital workers were able to rescue one child, the sources said. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

The early harvest also poses logistical challenges in a region where grapes are traditionally picked by hand, with some workers still on summer vacation and others facing transportation delays. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Some health workers have gone on strike after not being paid. — Chinedu Asadu, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026