toilers
Those who labor
Toilers are people who work hard, especially at physically demanding or tedious labor.
The word carries a sense of persistent effort against difficulty: the toilers in the fields, toilers of the sea.
It has a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality, often appearing in contexts that dignify manual work or emphasize its burdens.
People doing jobs
- laborersWorkers doing physical tasks
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- workmenManual job employees
- drudgesWorks tediously and hard
employees · operatives · hirelings · peons · servants · jobholders · staffers · subordinates
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- plightDifficult, dangerous situation
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
uphill battle · survival · striving · long hours · exploitation · underpaid · unsung · thankless
Moisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- grindCrush into particles
- slogLaborious persistent effort
strain · labor · plodding · gruntwork · elbow grease · backbreaking · muscle · manual labor
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
resilience · fortitude · persistence · stamina · dedication · resolve · commitment · patience
workers
People doing jobs
drudges · employees · operatives · hirelings · peons · servants · jobholders · staffers · subordinates · workhorses
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- plightDifficult, dangerous situation
burden · uphill battle · survival · striving · long hours · exploitation · underpaid · unsung · thankless · downtrodden
sweat
Moisture from skin pores
slog · strain · labor · plodding · gruntwork · elbow grease · backbreaking · muscle · manual labor · hard work
tenacity
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
endurance · resilience · fortitude · persistence · stamina · dedication · resolve · commitment · patience · discipline
- underlingsunderling, underlings, subordinate, minions, minion
- unfortunatesvictims, unfortunate, wretch, poor soul, lost soul
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
toilersidlers
Habitually unproductive people
loafers · slackers · layabouts · shirkers · do-nothings
toilersaristocrats
Hereditary ruling class
rentiers · plutocrats · elites · gentry · nobility
toilersmasters
Those with dominion
owners · bosses · capitalists · exploiters · overlords