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coworker

/ˌkəʊˈwɜː.kər/ UK
/ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/ US

noun coworkers · co-worker

Somebody with whom one works. He heard from a coworker that the company planned to merge those departments.
Similar: colleague, workmate, adjunct, associate, business partner, cohort, colaborer /colabourer, collaborator, compeer, confrere, consociate, coworker /co-worker
Internet, attributive, derogatory A person in the lowest common denominator, especially regarding popular culture. This is the most coworker movie I've ever seen.
Similar: normie

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: co-worker, colleague, collaborator, assistant, employee, contributor, fellow, partner, workmate, workperson, ex-worker, teamworker, colabourer, operative, competitor, work

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noun somebody with whom one works

Español	colega, compañero (de trabajo), compañera (de trabajo)
한국어	동료 dongnyo, 동업자 dong'eopja
日本語	同僚 dōryō
中文	同事 tóngshì, 同僚 tóngliáo
हिन्दी	सहकर्मी sahkarmī
Português	colega, colega de trabalho, colega de serviço
Français	collègue, confrère
Deutsch	Kollege, Kollegin
Italiano	collega
Ελληνικά	συνεργάτης synergátis
Română	coleg, colegă
Русский	колле́га kolléga, сослужи́вец soslužívec, сотру́дник sotrúdnik, сотру́дница sotrúdnica
Tiếng Việt	đồng nghiệp
العربية	زَمِيل zamīl, زَمِيلَة zamīla
עברית	עמית 'amyt, עמיתה 'amita

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@misc{coworker_2026,
  title = {coworker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coworker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}