Word Type

Noun

The word "employee" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

employer employer

Typical Location

office

Capable Of

air complaint ask for raise attend meeting butter up boss carry satchel bag demand wages from employer dress down on fridays enjoy work benefits forget assignment have to work make up lost time please boss report to boss sound emergency alarm stock inventory items stock store shelves succeed at task thank customer for purchase

Coordinate Terms

; boss employer manager

Derived Terms

W-2 employee antiemployee business-to-employee coemployee employee benefit employee handbook employeeless ghost employee nonemployee unemployee

Derived From

employ

Desires

get raise raise

Has Property

going on vacation

Part Of (Holonyms)

business company

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

worker

Type Of (IsA)

affiliate colleague person worker

Not Desires

fired job lose job

Part Of

company

Related Terms

employ employer employment employé employée payroll taxes work

Related Terms

company employer employment individual labor payroll person taxes work

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.