WORKER

Pronunciation (US):

• WORKER (noun)
  The noun WORKER has 4 senses:

1. a person who works at a specific occupation
2. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
3. sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
4. a person who acts and gets things done

  Familiarity information: WORKER used as a noun is uncommon.

• WORKER (noun)

Meaning:

A person who works at a specific occupation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

he is a good worker

Hypernyms ("worker" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worker"):

tacker (a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding))

sprigger; stemmer; stripper (a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books)

stringer (a worker who strings)

stemmer (a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers)

stainer (a worker who stains (wood or fabric))

splitter (a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone)

splicer (a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands)

solderer (a worker who joins or mends with solder)

hard worker; slave; striver (someone who works as hard as a slave)

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

skidder (a worker who uses a skid to move logs)

shoveler; shoveller (a worker who shovels)

shingler (a worker who shingles roofs)

shelver (a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves)

sheller (a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters))

tapper (a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads)

teaser (a worker who teases wool)

temp; temporary; temporary worker (a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis)

workmate (a fellow worker)

working girl (a young woman who is employed)

wiper (a worker who wipes)

winder (a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism))

washer (someone who washes things for a living)

wallah (usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing)

unpaid worker; volunteer (a person who performs voluntary work)

twiner (someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing)

trade unionist; union member; unionist (a worker who belongs to a trade union)

topper (a worker who makes or adds the top to something)

topper (a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.))

tiler (a worker who lays tile)

tier; tier up (a worker who ties something)

thrower; throwster (a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn)

toiler (one who works strenuously)

retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))

seasonal; seasonal worker (a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons)

caster (a worker who casts molten metal into finished products)

hanger (a worker who hangs something)

gutter (a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.))

freelance; independent; self-employed person (a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them)

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

employable (a person who is qualified and ready to work)

driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)

cornhusker (a worker who husks corn)

charcoal burner (a worker whose job is to make charcoal)

carter (someone whose work is driving carts)

boater; boatman; waterman (someone who drives or rides in a boat)

bleacher (a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.))

bill poster; bill sticker; poster (someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards)

beater (a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter)

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

finisher (a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process)

lamplighter ((when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights)

melter (a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.))

scrubber (a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck))

blackleg; rat; scab; strikebreaker (someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike)

ragsorter (a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking))

quarrier; quarryman (a man who works in a quarry)

dragger; puller; tugger (someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something)

pruner; trimmer (a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs)

processor (someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.))

plier; plyer (someone who plies a trade)

planter (a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground)

moonlighter (a person who holds a second job (usually after hours))

mopper (a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface)

muzzler (someone who muzzles animals)

nailer (a worker who attaches something by nailing it)

oiler (a worker who oils engines or machinery)

part-timer (someone who works less than the customary or standard time)

peeler (a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables)

Antonym:

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Meaning:

A member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

prole; proletarian; worker

Context example:

workers of the world--unite!

Hypernyms ("worker" is a kind of...):

common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)

Holonyms ("worker" is a member of...):

labor; labour; proletariat; working class (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages)

Meaning:

Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("worker" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worker"):

soldier (a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony)

worker bee (sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive)

Meaning:

A person who acts and gets things done

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

doer; actor; worker

Context examples:

he's a principal actor in this affair / when you want something done get a doer / he's a miracle worker

Hypernyms ("worker" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worker"):

ball of fire; fireball; human dynamo; powerhouse (a highly energetic and indefatigable person)

man of action; man of deeds (someone inclined to act first and think later)

ball of fire; go-getter; whiz-kid; whizz-kid (someone whose career progresses rapidly)

animator; energiser; energizer; vitaliser; vitalizer (someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people)

busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy (an alert and energetic person)

demon (someone extremely diligent or skillful)