worker

One who labors

A worker is someone who works, especially someone employed for wages.

The term often implies labor rather than management: factory workers, construction workers, essential workers.

In biology, workers are sterile members of insect colonies—bees, ants, termites—that perform tasks for the group.

A hard worker shows diligence; a miracle worker achieves the seemingly impossible.

tradesperson

electrician

Wiring installation specialist

machinist · mechanic · mason · bricklayer · painter · roofer · glazier · pipefitter · ironworker · apprentice

collective

union

Joining into one

labor · organizing · cooperative · guild · comrade · rank-and-file · bargaining · rights · movement · activism

laborer

construction

Process of building something

manual · physical · warehouse · dockworker · farmhand · migrant · sweatshop · foreman · shift · wages

employee

salary

Fixed periodic employment payment

supervisor · manager · staff · payroll · hire · career · full-time · part-time · occupation · commute

bee

hive

Bee dwelling structure

  • colonyDependent territorial settlement
  • droneUnmanned flying machine
  • queenMost powerful chess piece

forager · pollination · nectar · pollen · comb · apiary · swarm · brood · beekeeper · honeybee

diligent

industrious

Devoted to steady effort

conscientious · productive · efficient · reliable · steady · dependable · committed · assiduous · persevering · driven

Categories
Opposites
employment activity

workeridler

Habitually unproductive person

nonworker · unemployed · shirker · slacker · loafer

organizational hierarchy

workerboss

Workplace superior

manager · employer · supervisor · superior · executive

economic class/ownership

workercapitalist

Private ownership supporter

owner · bourgeoisie · employer · industrialist · proprietor

Phrases
Family

work, working, works, workers, worked, workshop, workday, workable, workforce

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