WORKERS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

workers

noun

plural of worker

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

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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

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Recent Examples of workers Before every World Cup game, event workers unfurl a giant version of each country's flag on the field. —

Nbc News, NBC news, 28 June 2026 Progressives cite its emphasis on the dignity of work and workers, and on the need for government to regulate working conditions that threaten this dignity. —

Paul Elie, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 Across most major lines of work in the space sector, there has been an increase in the share of young workers employed. —

Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Economists say that without migrants, the number of young workers paying into Social Security will fall more rapidly; schools in many areas will close; and the number of young families having children will decline. —

Brian Mann, NPR, 27 June 2026 Employment for older workers in those same roles held steady or grew. —

Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 The fear that the machines are coming for workers is an old one. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 June 2026 Less than a year later, Stair carried out a workplace shooting at a Pennsylvania supermarket, trapping and killing three co-workers before taking his own life. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 The facilities can create thousands of jobs for construction workers and generate significant revenue for local governments due to sales and property taxes. —

Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

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The route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.

— Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026

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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026