Synonyms of employee

employee

noun

im-ˌplȯ(i)-ˈē 

variants also employe

as in worker

one who works for another for wages or a salary

an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worker
• colleague
• laborer
• retainer
• jobholder
• associate
• hireling
• assistant
• subordinate
• hand
• underling
• coworker
• workman
• flunkey
• flunky
• flunkie
• cog
• yes-man
• wage earner
• jobber
• hack
• wage slave
• toiler
• workingman
• gandy dancer
• workwoman
• wageworker
• drudge
• grub
• workingwoman
• temporary
• temp
• navvy
• nine-to-fiver

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employer
• supervisor
• boss
• gaffer
• superior

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of employee

Some of Party City’s store employees, however, received letters that the company would close down select stores on Feb. 28, at which point store staff would be terminated, CNN reported. —Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2024

Most Popular Most Popular Sticker shock: Boston drops $500K on EV Mustangs for city employees as homeowners face 10.5% tax hike Millions of people may get expanded Social Security benefits. —Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024

Also Saturday, the Senate passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year. —Lisa Mascaro, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024

Officials said a customer at the McDonald’s recognized Mangione and notified an employee, who then called local police. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024