Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Worker

//ˈwɜː.kə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

    "Near-synonym: employee"

  2. 2
    sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae wordnet
  3. 3
    A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
  4. 4
    a person who works at a specific occupation wordnet
  5. 5
    A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.; A female ant, bee, termite or wasp. rare
Show 3 more definitions
  1. 6
    a person who acts and gets things done wordnet
  2. 7
    A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

    "This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded."

  3. 8
    a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

See also for "worker"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: worker