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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is employed |
| Synonyms: | artisan, blue collar, breadwinner, company person, craftsperson, employee, hand, help, laborer, nine-to-fiver, operative, peasant, proletarian, serf, slave, stiff, toiler, trader, tradesperson, wage earner, white collar, working person, working stiff |
| Antonyms: | unemployed |
| Main Entry: | carpenter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who works with wood |
| Synonyms: | artisan, builder, cabinetmaker, carps, chips, craftsperson, joiner, laborer, mason, woodworker, worker |
| Main Entry: | clerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slave, very hard worker |
| Synonyms: | factotum, grind*, laborer, menial, nose to grindstone, peon*, plodder, servant, toiler, workaholic, worker, workhorse |
| Antonyms: | idler, laze |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
| Synonyms: | agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does labor |
| Synonyms: | aide, artificer, artisan, craftsperson, employee, help, helper, hired person, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employee |
| Synonyms: | abettor, adjutant, aide, ally, ancilla, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, collaborator, colleague, deputy, domestic, hand, helper, helpmate, mate, partner, representative, right-hand person, servant, subsidiary, supporter, worker |
| Antonyms: | management, ownership |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person(s) performing service |
| Synonyms: | apprentice, blue collar, breadwinner, employee, hack*, hand*, hard hat, help, helper, hireling, instrument, laborer, learner, operative, prentice, proletariat, rank and file, toiler, work force, worker, working people |
| Antonyms: | management, manager |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who serves, often under duress |
| Synonyms: | bondservant, captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, skivvy, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, workhorse |
| Antonyms: | master |
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