workernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/A2 someone who works in a particular job or in a particular way:
factory/social/construction workers
a good/tireless/skilled worker
someone who works for a company or organization but does not have a powerful position:
Many companies still treat their management staff better than their workers.
in bees and some other types of insects, a female that cannot produce young but collects food for the others
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- I spoke to an aid worker who had recently returned from the field.
- Jack has been a loyal worker in this company for almost 50 years.
- Michael is a very careful worker.
- The postal workers have come out in support of their pay claim.
- There's not enough interaction between the management and the workers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- personnel
- plod
- relay
- staff
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- workhorse
- working party
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