day labourer
Temporary manual worker
A day labourer is a worker hired and paid by the day, typically for manual or unskilled work.
The term implies irregular employment without long-term contracts—construction, farm work, moving jobs.
Day labourers often gather at designated spots waiting for employers to offer work: Day labourers lined up outside the hardware store at dawn.
- hired handPaid manual worker
- field handAgricultural labor worker
- wage earnerPaid labor participant
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- gig workerOn-demand independent contractor
work crew · odd jobs · blue-collar · freelancer · seasonal worker · hire · manual · itinerant worker · street corner · day job · temporary · farmhand · callus · contract · landscaping · mover · pickup truck · casual
- laborersmanual worker, unskilled worker, hired hands, blue collar worker, hands
- blue-collar jobsfactory work, factory worker, factory workers, construction, farm hand
day labourercompany man
Employee devoted to employer
white-collar worker · tenured professor · civil servant · lifer · retainer
day labourerexecutive
Senior organizational leader
capitalist · business owner · employer · CEO · tycoon
day labourerprofessional
Credentialed in one's field
specialist · master craftsman · expert · artisan · technician
days, daytime, daylight, midday, labour, laborer, labors, laboured, labouring