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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of employee

The top official of the Day Care Council of New York even hopes that building owners will consider subsidizing the salaries of child care employees in their buildings. —James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

Cartwright had been staying in the mill overnight with employees and armed reservists from the Cumberland militia, one of many military units dispatched to centers of unrest. —John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

At some point after posting the video, police said the man got into a confrontation with a Richardson Mortuary employee, and the employee stabbed him, KPRC reported. —Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025

This includes anti-religious bias committed by department employees in their official duties against members of the public. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025