He rose from day laborer to governor.
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Laborer
//ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ//
Synonyms for "laborer" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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82 translations across 50 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔽𐔰𐕄 noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Albanian
1 entries- argat noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐργάτης noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- ἐργάτις noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Arabic
2 entries- عَامِل noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- عَامِلَة noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Armenian
1 entries- բանվոր noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- fəhlə noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- işçi noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- zəhmətkeş noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- общ работник noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Catalan
1 entries- obrer noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کرێکار noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 勞動者 /劳动者 noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- 工人 noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Czech
1 entries- dělník noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Danish
3 entries- arbejder noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- arbejdsmand noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- landarbejder noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Dutch
1 entries- arbeider noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Egyptian
1 entries- kA-w-t:y-D40 noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Esperanto
1 entries- laboristo noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Estonian
1 entries- tööline noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Finnish
2 entries- työläinen noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- työntekijä noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
French
1 entries- ouvrier noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Georgian
2 entries- მუშა noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- მუშაკი noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
German
1 entries- Arbeiter noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰 noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Greek
2 entries- δουλευτής noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- εργάτης noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Gujarati
1 entries- મજુરિ noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Hungarian
3 entries- kétkezi/fizikai munkás noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- munkás noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- segédmunkás noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Indonesian
1 entries- buruh noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Irish
1 entries- sclábhaí noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Italian
2 entries- lavoratore noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- operaio noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Latin
2 entries- cerdō noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- operārius noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Macedonian
2 entries- ра́ботник noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- рабо́тничка noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Malay
1 entries- buruh noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Manx
1 entries- obbree noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Mongolian
1 entries- үйлдвэрчин noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Māori
2 entries- ihu oneone noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- poroteke noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- karker noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- rêncber noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Occitan
1 entries- obrièr noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ارغات noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Polish
2 entries- robotnica noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- robotnik noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Portuguese
3 entries- obreiro noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- operário noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- trabalhador noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Romanian
2 entries- lucrător noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- muncitor noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Russian
2 entries- рабо́чий noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- чернорабо́чий noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- obraiche noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rȃdnica noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- rȃdnīk noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Sicilian
2 entries- lavuraturi noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- lavureri noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Spanish
4 entries- currante noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- currito noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- laborador noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- laburante noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Swedish
2 entries- arbetare noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- kroppsarbetare noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Thai
1 entries- กรรมกร noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kapyāre noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Udi
2 entries- ашбал noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- аьшбал noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Urdu
1 entries- مزدور noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Volapük
3 entries- hivoban noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- jivoban noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
- voban noun (One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Peter works as an unskilled laborer.
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The laborer was laid off for 3 weeks.
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Tom worked as a laborer.
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