worker

work·er  (wûrkr)

n.

1.

a. One who works at a particular occupation or activity: an office worker.

b. One who does manual or industrial labor.

2. A member of the working class.

3. A member of a colony of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, or termites, usually a sterile female but often a sexually immature individual of either sex, that performs specialized work such as building the nest, collecting and storing food, and feeding other members of the colony.

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worker

Noun

1. a person who works in a specified way: a hard worker

2. a person who works at a specific job: a government worker

3. an employee, as opposed to an employer

4. a sterile female bee, ant, or wasp, that works for the colony

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" caster - a worker who casts molten metal into finished products finisher - a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" 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.) boatman, waterman, boater - 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, self-employed person, independent - 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; "untouched by the pruner's axe" dragger, tugger, puller - 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, scab, strikebreaker, rat - 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 servant, retainer - 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; "a shoveler of coal" 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, striver, slave - someone who works as hard as a slave nonworker - a person who does nothing
	2.	worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" prole, proletarian labor, labour, proletariat, working class - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title dogsbody - a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
	3.	worker - sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae insect - small air-breathing arthropod 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.	worker - a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" doer, actor individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" demon - someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math" busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy - an alert and energetic person animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer - someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid, ball of fire - someone whose career progresses rapidly man of action, man of deeds - someone inclined to act first and think later ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse, fireball - a highly energetic and indefatigable person

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worker

noun employee, hand, labourer, workman, craftsman, artisan, tradesman, wage earner, proletarian, working man or working woman

Translations

worker [ˈwəːkəʳ] n → trabajador/a m/f; obrero/a;

office worker → oficinista m/f

worker [ˈwəːkəʳ] work n → travailleur/euse, ouvrier/ière;

office worker → employé(e) de bureau

worker [ˈwəːkəʳ] work n → Arbeiter(in) m(f);

office worker work → Büroarbeiter(in) m(f)

worker [ˈwəːkəʳ] n → lavoratore/trice;

(esp AGR, INDUSTRY) → operaio/a;

office worker → impiegato/a