worker
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worker
- /ˈwɜː.kə/ UK
- /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.
noun workers
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One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
Near-synonym: employee
Similar: employee
- A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program. This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
Similar: proletarian, worker · Opposite: boss, chief, director, employer, leader, manager, idler, scrounger
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: doer, proletarian, prole, actor, labourer, laborer, journeyman, workman, staffer, clerk, employee, homeworker, labor, personnel, works, officer
Translations
Every language
noun insect
| Español | obrera |
|---|---|
| Português | operário |
| Français | ouvrier, ouvrière |
| Deutsch | Arbeiterin, Arbeitsameise, Arbeitsbiene, Arbeitstermite (termite), Arbeitswespe |
| Română | albină lucrătoare |
| Русский | рабо́чий rabóčij, рабо́чая пчела́ rabóčaja pčelá, рабо́чая оса́ rabóčaja osá |
| Tiếng Việt | thợ |
noun person who performs labor
| Español | trabajador, obrero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노동자 nodongja, 근로자 geulloja |
| 日本語 | 労働者 rōdōsha, 勤労者 kinrōsha, 働く人 hataraku hito |
| 中文 | 工人 gōngrén, 工作者 gōngzuòzhě, 勞動者 /劳动者 láodòngzhě, 劳工 láogōng |
| हिन्दी | मज़दूर mazdūr, श्रमिक śramik, कामगार kāmgār |
| Kiswahili | mfanyakazi, mfanyaji |
| Português | trabalhador |
| Français | travailleur, travailleuse, ouvrier, ouvrière |
| Deutsch | Arbeiter, Arbeiterin, Angestellter, Angestellte, Hacklerin, Arbeitnehmer |
| Italiano | lavoratore, operaio, lavorante |
| Ελληνικά | εργάτης ergátis, εργάτρια ergátria |
| Română | lucrător, lucrătoare, muncitor, muncitoare, angajat, angajată |
| Русский | рабо́тник rabótnik, рабо́тница rabótnica, рабо́чий rabóčij, рабо́чая rabóčaja, трудя́щийся trudjáščijsja, трудя́щаяся trudjáščajasja |
| Tiếng Việt | công nhân |
| العربية | عَامِل ʕāmil, عَامِلَة ʕāmila, شَغِّيل šaḡḡīl, شَغِّيلَة šaḡḡīla |
| עברית | עוֹבֵד oved, עובדת ovedet, פּוֹעֵל po'él, פּוֹעֶלֶת pó'élet |
Talk about this word "worker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/worker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. worker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/worker "worker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/worker.Cite this
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title = {worker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
