1
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of worker
Learn More Auto workers face potential temporarily lay offs amid President Trump's new tariffs 02:17
Mr. Trump has previously reversed course on tariffs, causing upheaval in financial markets and leading economists to raise the odds of the U.S. economy entering a recession this year.
—
CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
More efficient technology processes from automation have fewer but more highly compensated workers.
—Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency’s actions weren’t expected to have a big impact just yet: While nearly 300,000 job cuts have been announced, not all federal workers were laid off immediately, so the impact to the labor market and unemployment is going to be a slow drip.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Kennedy's home purchase comes amid his major restructuring of the department that laid off 10,000 workers on Tuesday across the nation's public health agencies, including laboratory scientists, support staff for food safety inspectors and worker safety researchers.
—Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worker
CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
More efficient technology processes from automation have fewer but more highly compensated workers.
—Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency’s actions weren’t expected to have a big impact just yet: While nearly 300,000 job cuts have been announced, not all federal workers were laid off immediately, so the impact to the labor market and unemployment is going to be a slow drip.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Kennedy's home purchase comes amid his major restructuring of the department that laid off 10,000 workers on Tuesday across the nation's public health agencies, including laboratory scientists, support staff for food safety inspectors and worker safety researchers.
—Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
Noun
-
Engels wrote about the emergence of this group of laborers in his 1845 book, The Condition of the Working Class in England.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
-
Some came as agricultural, mining or railway laborers; others served in the British administration or in the Brigade of Gorkhas, an organization in the British Army made up of people from Nepal.—
Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang,
The Dial,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Conclusion Effective office spaces are those designed with employees, not just for them.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
-
Lowe’s has about 11,000 employees in the Charlotte region, including 5,000 corporate workers.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
At Princeton, for example, the first nine presidents owned slaves.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
-
In fact, there were a number of indications that the flies, while largely driven by stereotypical responses to specific stimuli, weren't entirely slaves to instinct.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share