English > worker: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who works at a specific occupation. |
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| Example | "he is a good worker" |
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| Narrower | assistant, helper, help, supporter | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
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| beater | A worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter |
| bill poster, poster, bill sticker | someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards |
| bleacher | A worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) |
| boatman, boater, waterman | someone who drives or rides in a boat |
| carter | someone whose work is driving carts |
| caster | A worker who casts molten metal into finished products |
| charcoal burner | A worker whose job is to make charcoal |
| collector, gatherer, accumulator | 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 |
| finisher | A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process |
| freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, 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 / 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 |
| puller, tugger, dragger | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something |
| quarryman, quarrier | A man who works in a quarry |
| ragsorter | A worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) |
| scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, 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 worker, seasonal | A worker who finds employment / 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 |
| skidder | A worker who uses a skid to move logs |
| skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman | A worker who has acquired special skills |
| slave, striver, hard worker | 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 |
| stripper, stemmer, sprigger | 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 |
| throwster, thrower | 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 / tile |
| toiler | One who works strenuously |
| 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, unionist, union member | A worker who belongs to a trade union |
| twiner | someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing |
| volunteer, unpaid worker | A person who performs voluntary work |
| wallah | usually in combination |
| washer | someone who washes things for a living |
| winder | A worker who winds / 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 |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Opposite | nonworker | A person who does nothing |
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| Spanish | trabajador |
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| Catalan | treballador |
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| Verbs | work | be employed |
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| work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
English > worker: 4 senses > noun 4, person | Meaning | A person who acts and gets things done. |
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| Example | "he's a miracle worker" |
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| Synonyms | actor, doer |
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| Narrower | demon | someone extremely diligent or skillful |
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| eager beaver, busy bee, live wire, sharpie, sharpy | An alert and energetic / energetic person |
| energizer, energiser, vitalizer, vitaliser, animator | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |
| go-getter, whizz-kid, whiz-kid, ball of fire | someone whose career progresses rapidly |
| man of action, man of deeds | someone inclined to act first and think later |
| powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire, fireball | A highly energetic / energetic and indefatigable person |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | actor, factor, hacedor |
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| Catalan | factor, faedor |
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| Verbs | work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
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