worker

Noun
  1. A person who works at a specific occupation (synset 109655706)
    "he is a good worker"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • caster - a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
    • finisher - a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process
    • assistant, help, helper, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    • beater - a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
    • bill poster, bill sticker, poster - someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
    • bleacher - a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
    • boater, boatman, waterman - someone who drives or rides in a boat
    • carter - someone whose work is driving carts
    • charcoal burner - a worker whose job is to make charcoal
    • accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
    • comber - a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
    • cornhusker - a worker who husks corn
    • driver - someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
    • employable - a person who is qualified and ready to work
    • employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
    • free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person - a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    • gutter - a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
    • hanger - a worker who hangs something
    • lamplighter - (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
    • melter - a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)
    • moonlighter - a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
    • mopper - a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface
    • muzzler - someone who muzzles animals
    • nailer - a worker who attaches something by nailing it
    • oiler - a worker who oils engines or machinery
    • part-timer - someone who works less than the customary or standard time
    • peeler - a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
    • planter - a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
    • plier, plyer - someone who plies a trade
    • processor - someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
    • pruner, trimmer - a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
    • dragger, puller, tugger - someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
    • quarrier, quarryman - a man who works in a quarry
    • ragsorter - a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)
    • blackleg, rat, scab, strikebreaker - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
    • scrubber - a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
    • seasonal, seasonal worker - a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons
    • retainer, servant - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
    • sheller - a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)
    • shelver - a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
    • shingler - a worker who shingles roofs
    • shoveler, shoveller - a worker who shovels
    • skidder - a worker who uses a skid to move logs
    • skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
    • hard worker, slave, striver - someone who works as hard as a slave
    • solderer - a worker who joins or mends with solder
    • splicer - a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands
    • splitter - a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
    • stainer - a worker who stains (wood or fabric)
    • stemmer - a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
    • stringer - a worker who strings
    • sprigger, stemmer, stripper - a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
    • tacker - a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
    • tapper - a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
    • teaser - a worker who teases wool
    • temp, temporary, temporary worker - a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
    • toiler - one who works strenuously
    • thrower, throwster - a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
    • tier, tier up - a worker who ties something
    • tiler - a worker who lays tile
    • topper - a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
    • topper - a worker who makes or adds the top to something
    • trade unionist, union member, unionist - a worker who belongs to a trade union
    • twiner - someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing
    • unpaid worker, volunteer - a person who performs voluntary work
    • wallah - usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing
    • washer - someone who washes things for a living
    • winder - a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
    • wiper - a worker who wipes
    • working girl - a young woman who is employed
    • workmate - a fellow worker
  2. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed) (synset 110501296)
    "workers of the world--unite!"
    is a type of: common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title
    subtypes: dogsbody - a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
    belongs to: labor, labour, proletariat, working class - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
    same as: prole, proletarian
  3. Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae (synset 102210101)
    is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    subtypes:
    • soldier - a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
    • worker bee - sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
  4. A person who acts and gets things done (synset 109786620)
    "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    same as: actor, doer

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