worker
English Thesaurus
1. sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | soldier, |
| definition | : | a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | worker bee, |
| definition | : | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive (noun.animal) |
2. a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | caster, |
| definition | : | a worker who casts molten metal into finished products (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | finisher, |
| definition | : | a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | assistant, help, helper, supporter, |
| definition | : | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | beater, |
| definition | : | a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bleacher, |
| definition | : | a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | carter, |
| definition | : | someone whose work is driving carts (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | charcoal burner, |
| definition | : | a worker whose job is to make charcoal (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | comber, |
| definition | : | a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cornhusker, |
| definition | : | a worker who husks corn (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | driver, |
| definition | : | someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | employable, |
| definition | : | a person who is qualified and ready to work (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | employee, |
| definition | : | a worker who is hired to perform a job (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gutter, |
| definition | : | a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hanger, |
| definition | : | a worker who hangs something (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lamplighter, |
| definition | : | (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | melter, |
| definition | : | a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | moonlighter, |
| definition | : | a person who holds a second job (usually after hours) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mopper, |
| definition | : | a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | muzzler, |
| definition | : | someone who muzzles animals (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | nailer, |
| definition | : | a worker who attaches something by nailing it (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | oiler, |
| definition | : | a worker who oils engines or machinery (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | part-timer, |
| definition | : | someone who works less than the customary or standard time (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | peeler, |
| definition | : | a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | planter, |
| definition | : | a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | plier, plyer, |
| definition | : | someone who plies a trade (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | processor, |
| definition | : | someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pruner, trimmer, |
| definition | : | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | dragger, puller, tugger, |
| definition | : | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ragsorter, |
| definition | : | a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | scrubber, |
| definition | : | a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | retainer, servant, |
| definition | : | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sheller, |
| definition | : | a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shelver, |
| definition | : | a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shingler, |
| definition | : | a worker who shingles roofs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | skidder, |
| definition | : | a worker who uses a skid to move logs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | solderer, |
| definition | : | a worker who joins or mends with solder (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | splicer, |
| definition | : | a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | splitter, |
| definition | : | a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stainer, |
| definition | : | a worker who stains (wood or fabric) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stemmer, |
| definition | : | a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stringer, |
| definition | : | a worker who strings (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sprigger, stemmer, stripper, |
| definition | : | a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tacker, |
| definition | : | a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tapper, |
| definition | : | a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | teaser, |
| definition | : | a worker who teases wool (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | toiler, |
| definition | : | one who works strenuously (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | thrower, throwster, |
| definition | : | a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tier, tier up, |
| definition | : | a worker who ties something (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tiler, |
| definition | : | a worker who lays tile (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | topper, |
| definition | : | a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | topper, |
| definition | : | a worker who makes or adds the top to something (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | twiner, |
| definition | : | someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | wallah, |
| definition | : | usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | washer, |
| definition | : | someone who washes things for a living (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | winder, |
| definition | : | a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | wiper, |
| definition | : | a worker who wipes (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | working girl, |
| definition | : | a young woman who is employed (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | workmate, |
| definition | : | a fellow worker (noun.person) |
3. a person who acts and gets things done (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | demon, |
| definition | : | someone extremely diligent or skillful (noun.person) |
4. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | dogsbody, |
| definition | : | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do (noun.person) |
5. sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
6. a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person)
| antonym | : | nonworker, |
| definition | : | a person who does nothing (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | do work, work, |
| definition | : | be employed (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
7. a person who acts and gets things done (noun.person)
| derivation | : | act, |
| definition | : | discharge one's duties (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | do, execute, perform, |
| definition | : | carry out or perform an action (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | do, perform, |
| definition | : | get (something) done (verb.social) |
8. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | proletarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat (adj.all) |
9. sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
10. a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person)
| antonym | : | nonworker, |
| definition | : | a person who does nothing (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | do work, work, |
| definition | : | be employed (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
11. a person who acts and gets things done (noun.person)
| derivation | : | act, |
| definition | : | discharge one's duties (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | do, execute, perform, |
| definition | : | carry out or perform an action (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | work, |
| definition | : | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | do, perform, |
| definition | : | get (something) done (verb.social) |
12. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | proletarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat (adj.all) |
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