WORKINGMEN Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

workingmen

noun

plural of workingman

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laborers

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Many worked as laborers in building projects in an era of Western colonial rule across much of Asia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 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

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