Laborer synonyms

lābərər

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ditch-digger
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esne
(Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
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manual laborer; carpenter's helper
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construction hand
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hand
The strength or force of one's position:
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stevedore
A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.
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day-laborer
A laborer who is is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.
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unskilled worker
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toiler
A person who toils or labors.
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bricklayer's helper
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etc.; ranch hand
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farm hand
A hired farm laborer.
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etc.; apprentice
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learner
One that is learning
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hired man
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transient worker
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seasonal laborer
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roust-about
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miner
A soldier, often a specialist, engaged in mining operations.
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street cleaner
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thrall
A person under the moral or psychological domination of someone or something
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helot
A person in servitude; a serf.
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serf
A person in bondage or servitude.
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villein
Any of a class of feudal serfs who by the 13th cent. had become freemen in their legal relations to all except their lord, to whom they remained subject as slaves
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galley-slave
A slave or convict forced to ply an oar of a galley.
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wage-slave
A wage earner whose livelihood is completely dependent on the wages earned.
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chattel
(Law) An article of movable personal property.
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instrument
A tool or implement, esp. one used for delicate work or for scientific or artistic purposes
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stooge
One who allows oneself to be used for another's profit or advantage; a puppet.
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robot
A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
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peon
(Informal) Any person of low social status, esp. one employed at menial or tedious work
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mercenary
One who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling.
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flunky
A person with very minor or menial tasks
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lackey
A liveried male servant; a footman.
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hireling
(Usually pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence
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hack
(Pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
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beast-of-burden
Any animal, as a donkey, used for carrying loads
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worker (related)
One who works at a particular occupation or activity:
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coolie
An unskilled Asian laborer.
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drudge
A person who works in a low servile job.
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navvy
(Brit.) An unskilled laborer, as on canals, roads, etc.
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plebe
The definition of a plebe is a new freshman or cadet, especially at a military training academy.
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roustabout
A deck or wharf laborer, especially on the Mississippi River.
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workhand
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operative
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
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working girl
(Slang) A woman prostitute.
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workingman
A man who performs heavy manual or industrial labor.
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workingwoman
A woman who is gainfully employed; often, specif., such a woman as distinct from a housewife
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workwoman
A woman who performs manual labour; the female equivalent of a workman
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work (related)
Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing:
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manual-laborer
One who performs manual labor
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labourer
British standard spelling of laborer.
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jack
(Slang) Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
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peasant (related)
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sharecropper (related)
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day-labourer (related)
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handicraftsmen (related)
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pick-and-shovel man
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automaton
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
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Find another word for laborer. In this page you can discover 61 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for laborer, like: ditch-digger, esne, manual laborer; carpenter's helper, construction hand, hand, stevedore, workman, blue-collar worker, day-laborer, unskilled worker and toiler.
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  • The laborer, looking into it at evening, purifies his thoughts of the dross and earthiness which they have accumulated during the day.

  • farm laborer, had been born in Longton.

  • As the world grows richer, people will care more about how their food is made, how the animals are treated, whether the laborer who picked the food is paid a living wage.

  • Although he spoke five languages, he did not know English and took a job as a general laborer, learning all he could about being a machinist.

  • Later additions to the statute were devised to terrorize the laborer, by adding stripes and branding to his punishment, if he still remained recalcitrant or absconded.

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