toiler C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈtɔɪlɚ/ UK /ˈtɔɪlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who works hard and laboriously Every toiler in the fields paused to wipe the sweat from his brow. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who works hard and... laborerworkerdrudgeworkhorsegrafter ↔ Opposites idlerloafer Word family Related forms toiltoilingtoilsome Etymology AI details From toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er. toiler Old French tudiculare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # toiler **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɔɪlɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɔɪlə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who works hard and laboriously ## Examples - Every toiler in the fields paused to wipe the sweat from his brow. ## Synonyms - laborer - worker - drudge - workhorse - grafter ## Antonyms - idler - loafer ## Related Forms - toil - toiling - toilsome ## Roots and Affixes - Root: toiler - Root: tudiculare ## Etymology From toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Toiler is from toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er. Important recorded forms include toiler (Old French) and tudiculare (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who works hard and laboriously. The wider family includes related words such as toil, toiling, and toilsome. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown