Rewards necessarily drop for the former — not only because their numbers increase relatively but also because their output per man-hour does not rise as rapidly as that of the black-collar worker.
Source: wiktionary
Black-collar
Synonyms for "black-collar"
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Related terms
2 entriesTranslations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 黑領 /黑领 adj (pertaining to employment in the black market)
Polish
1 entries- pracujący na czarnym rynku adj (pertaining to employment in the black market)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
What attitudes, types of ideas and particular experiences would lead a "blue collar worker" to perceive the evidence of the defendant's guilt differently than a white, pink or black collar worker?
Source: wiktionary
Why can't we pass a law whereby every white/blue/black-collar worker with children pay into a fund about P20.00 a week from his pay.
Source: wiktionary
black-collar worker
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.