Synonyms for worker

Most common

actor · do-er · proletarian · prole · employee

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

boss, manager, employer

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

2. n. 2

   A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

3. n. 3

   A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.

Related words

Phrases

dock worker construction worker farm worker postal worker hard worker itinerant worker migrant worker sex worker

Is a kind of

person

Forms

Plural

workers → actors, do-ers, proletarians, proles…

Example sentences

• employee My brother is an employee of the electric company.
• slave Marriage is slavery. I'd prefer not to be a slave.
• performer I wonder if this performer is really under hypnosis.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

actor², slave¹, prole

7 letters

artisan³, workman², laborer³

8 letters

employee³, mechanic³, labourer

9 letters

operative⁴, performer³, craftsman²

11 letters

proletarian⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (actor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

travailleur

Italiano

lavoratore

Español

trabajador