Worker synonyms and antonyms

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employee
A person hired by another, or by a business firm, etc., to work for wages or salary
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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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actor
A person who behaves in the manner of a character, usually by reciting scripted dialogue, in order to entertain an audience, especially in a play, movie, or television show.
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apprentice
The definition of an apprentice is someone who provides help to a skilled worker in order to learn the trade himself.
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doer
Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
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machinist
A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
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performer
One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
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slave
An abject person; a wretch.
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artist
A person whose work shows exceptional creative ability or skill:
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breadwinner
One whose earnings are the primary source of support for one's dependents.
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working girl
(Slang) A woman prostitute.
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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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prole
(Informal) A pleb (ordinary person).
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homeworker (related)
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artisan
A person skilled in making a product by hand.
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mechanic
The definition of a mechanic is a person who makes, operates or repairs machines.
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craftsman
The definition of a craftsman is an artist or someone who is extremely skilled at a trade or an art or craft.
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journeyman
Any sound, experienced, but not brilliant craftsman or performer
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master worker
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handworker
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field workman
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operator (related)
(Computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
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artificer
A person who devises; inventor
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hand
An aptitude or ability:
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handicraftsman
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
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serf
Any person who is oppressed or without freedom
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toiler
A person who toils or labors.
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dabbler (antonym)
One who dabbles
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dilettante (antonym)
A person who follows an art or science only for amusement and in a superficial way; dabbler
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idler (antonym)
One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
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shirker (antonym)
One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
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sluggard (antonym)
A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
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truant (antonym)
The definition of a truant is someone who does not do his or her work or who skips school.
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drone (antonym)
One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
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loafer (antonym)
A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
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unemployed (antonym)
People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the.
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hireling
A person who is for hire; esp., one who will follow anyone's orders for pay; mercenary
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jobholder
(US) Someone who is employed in a regular job
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hire
The amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
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hired hand
A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.
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operative
A skilled worker, especially in industry.
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roustabout
(Chiefly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship
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proletarian
A member of the proletariat; a worker.
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nonworker (antonym)
One who does not work.
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brassworker
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clothworker
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glassworker
One who makes glasswork.
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goldworker
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laceworker
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leatherworker
A person who makes things from leather.
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the unemployed (related)
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workers (related)
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refugee (related)
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migrant (related)
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employer (related)
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woman (related)
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miner (related)
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pensioner (related)
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farmer (related)
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skilled workman
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commuter
One that travels regularly from one place to another, as from suburb to city and back.
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help
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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industrial
(Dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry
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laborer
One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.
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peon
(--- Historical) A person forced to work off a debt or to perform penal servitude
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scab
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
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over (related)
(Mil.) A shot that hits or explodes beyond the target
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  • Worker Chad lives in Chattanooga.

  • They were also concerned over yesterday's strange call, apparently from a state worker, asking if they'd heard from the girl.

  • However this may be, the earliest positive evidence of the existence at Venice of a worker in glass would seem to be the mention of Petrus Flavianus, phiolarius, in the ducale of Vitale Falier in the year 1090.

  • Patsy Boyd apparently lifted a set of keys from a worker in the lodgings where she and Martha were temporarily quartered and made her escape in a twenty-year old Buick.

  • A carny worker was bending over me, only inches away, saying something over and over again.

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