worker
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(noun) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
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Related Words: insect, soldier, worker bee |
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(noun) a person who works at a specific job; "he is a good worker" |
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Related Words: assistant, bagger, bill poster, bill sticker, blackleg, boater, boatman, boxer, carter, charcoal burner, cornhusker, disinfestation officer, driver, employee, excavator, factory worker, freelance, fuller, hard worker, help, helper, human, independent, individual, lamplighter, mill-girl, mill-hand, mortal, mover, packer, part-timer, peeler, person, processor, quarrier, quarryman, rat, rat-catcher, retainer, road mender, roadman, roundsman, scab, self-employed person, servant, skilled worker, slave, somebody, someone, soul, strikebreaker, striver, supporter, temp, temporary worker, throwster, toiler, trade unionist, trained worker, union member, unionist, unpaid worker, utility man, volunteer, wallah, warehouseman, warehouser, washer, waterman, working girl, workmate |
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Antonyms: nonworker |
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(noun) a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" |
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Synonyms: actor, doer |
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Related Words: ball of fire, busy bee, eager beaver, fireball, go-getter, human, human dynamo, individual, live wire, man of action, man of deeds, mortal, person, powerhouse, sharpie, sharpy, somebody, someone, soul, whiz-kid, whizz-kid |
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(noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" |
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Synonyms: prole, proletarian |
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Related Words: common man, common person, commoner |
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