worker

A1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ UK /ˈwɜː.kə/ See IPA manual

Freq #3425

Meanings

1

noun
A person who works at a particular job, especially physical work.

The factory employs over a thousand workers.
2

noun
A person who works hard or in a particular way.

She's a fast and reliable worker.
3

noun
A member of the working class.

The union speaks for ordinary workers.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who works at a... employee

2 noun · a person who works hard or... doer

3 noun · a member of the working class. proletarian

Opposites

boss chief director employer idler leader manager scrounger

Word family

Forms workersworkpeopleworkwoman

Derived forms anti-workerantiworkerartworkerautoworkerbodyworkerbrassworkerbronzeworkercabinetworkercamera-workercareworkercaseworkerclothworker

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Etymology

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

werkere Middle English

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# worker

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈwɝ.kɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈwɜː.kə/
**Frequency rank:** 3425

## Meanings
1. A person who works at a particular job, especially physical work.
2. A person who works hard or in a particular way.
3. A member of the working class.

## Examples
- The factory employs over a thousand workers.
- She's a fast and reliable worker.
- The union speaks for ordinary workers.

## Synonyms
- proletarian

## Antonyms
- boss
- chief
- director
- employer
- idler
- leader
- manager
- scrounger

## Derived Forms
- anti-worker
- antiworker
- artworker
- autoworker
- bodyworker
- brassworker
- bronzeworker
- cabinetworker
- camera-worker
- careworker
- caseworker
- clothworker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: werkere
- Affix: -er - one who

## Etymology
From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

## AI Etymology
Worker is from Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta. A key historical form is Middle English werkere. In present-day use, it can mean a person who works at a particular job, especially physical work, or a person who works hard or in a particular way. Derived formations include anti-worker, antiworker, artworker, autoworker, bodyworker.

## Topics
- People & Society

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