postal worker

Delivers your mail

A postal worker is someone employed by a mail service to sort, transport, or deliver letters and packages.

The term covers letter carriers who walk routes, clerks who work at post office counters, and workers who process mail at distribution centers.

The postal worker left a package on the porch.

delivery

letter carrier

Postal delivery worker

packages · letters · parcels · doorstep · mailbox · certified mail · express · overnight · registered mail · signature

sorting

sorting facility

Location for organizing shipments

parcels · letters · postmark · barcode · automation · bins · conveyor · bulk mail · misdelivered · return to sender

uniform

uniform

Identical throughout

badge · name tag · jacket · shorts · pith helmet · boots · gloves · rain gear · sun hat · weatherproof

occupation

civil servant

Government administration employee

pension · seniority · benefits · USPS · Royal Mail · Canada Post · shift work · overtime · career · retirement

hazards

dog bite

Wound from jaws

falls · traffic · heat exhaustion · frostbite · pepper spray · fatigue · stairs · package theft

Categories
Opposites
employment in mail delivery vs. mail receipt

postal workeraddressee

Intended mail recipient

customer · sender · correspondent

public/government service vs. private sector delivery

postal workercourier

Delivery person or service

FedEx driver · UPS driver · bike messenger

physical delivery vs. digital transmission

postal workeremail server

System routing electronic correspondence

network engineer · software developer

Family

worker, courier, postman, postal, postal service, postmaster, postwoman, postmistress, mail carrier

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G