worker
pronunciation
How to pronounce worker in British English:
UK [ˈwɜːkə(r)]
How to pronounce worker in American English:
US [ˈwɜːrkər]
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- Noun:
- a person who works at a specific occupation
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
- a person who acts and gets things done
Word Origin
- worker (n.)
- mid-14c., "laborer, toiler, performer, doer," agent noun from work (v.). As a type of bee, 1747. As "one employed for a wage," 1848. Old English had wyrcend "worker, laborer."
Synonym
mechanic workman nine-to-fiver hireling wright journeyman hand laborer busy fag workingman worker working maker day artisan common proletarian drudge apprentice smith workhorse craftsman breadwinner temp jobholder toiler bee handicraftsman hack white-collar stiff earner employee flunkey workingwoman blue-collar manual tradesman girl migrant plodder grubber wage workwoman
Antonym
Example
- 1. Construction worker sleeps near construction site in beijing .
- 2. She had become a social worker and a democrat .
- 3. In 2005 gabriela flores a 22-year-oldmexican migrant worker was arrested in south carolina .
- 4. A rescue worker climbs onto the costa condordia , on january 16 , 2012 .
- 5. If that worker was leaving long-term unemployment , the reward for returning to work was even stronger .