Dictionary entry details
• EMPLOYEE (noun)
Meaning:
A worker who is hired to perform a job
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("employee" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employee"):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
shop assistant (an employee in a shop)
sandwichman (a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders)
sales rep; sales representative; salesperson (a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited))
registrar (a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company)
public servant (someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment))
potboy; potman (a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores)
porter; Pullman porter (a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars))
organization man (an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization)
spotter (a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers))
spotter (a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots)
typist (someone paid to operate a typewriter)
turncock (one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off)
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)
toll agent; toll collector; toll taker; toller; tollgatherer; tollkeeper; tollman (someone employed to collect tolls)
sweeper (an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.))
stock-taker; stocktaker (an employee whose job is to take inventory)
stage technician; stagehand (an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production)
staff member; staffer (an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States))
office boy (a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office)
liveryman (a worker in a livery stable)
line worker (an employee who works on an assembly line)
dispatcher (employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service)
dining-room attendant; restaurant attendant (someone employed to provide service in a dining room)
deliverer; delivery boy; deliveryman (someone employed to make deliveries)
crewman (a member of a work crew)
copywriter (a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy)
copyist; scribe; scrivener (someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts)
company man (an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers)
clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))
dog catcher (an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats)
floater (an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed)
jobholder (an employee who has a regular job)
hireling; pensionary (a person who works only for money)
hired help (employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively))
hire (a newly hired employee)
gofer (an employee whose duties include running errands)
gasman (someone employed by a gas company)
gardener (someone employed to work in a garden)
floorwalker; shopwalker (an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems)
barkeep; barkeeper; barman; bartender; mixologist (an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar)
Antonym:
employer (a person or firm that employs workers)
