worker
A person who has a job and does work for money.
A person who is employed to perform tasks or duties, especially for wages or salary.
A person described by how they do their job, like fast, careful, or lazy.
A person described in terms of how they perform their job or tasks, such as being hard-working, skilled, or efficient.
An insect like an ant or bee that cannot have young and works for the group.
A sterile female insect, such as an ant or bee, that performs tasks like gathering food, caring for young, and maintaining the nest.
- Base: worker
- Plural: workers
hard worker
1Person who works diligently
A person who works very well and tries very hard.
- She’s a hard worker and always finishes her projects early.
- Everyone knows he’s a hard worker who never gives up.
blue-collar worker
1person doing manual or industrial work
An employee who mainly does physical or manual work, for example in a factory or on a building site.
- The new law will improve conditions for blue-collar workers.
- Blue-collar workers often face higher safety risks on the job.
- He spent most of his life as a blue-collar worker in the steel industry.
- The union represents thousands of blue-collar workers in the region.
- Her father was a blue-collar worker in the steel industry.
white-collar worker
1person doing office or professional work
An employee who mainly does office or professional work, not physical labor.
- White-collar workers often have flexible schedules.
- As a white-collar worker, she spends most of her day at a computer.
- She transitioned from being a blue-collar worker to a white-collar worker after finishing college.
- The company offers flexible hours for its white-collar workers.
- Salaries for white-collar workers have risen faster than for manual workers.