worker
One who works: a person who performs labor for a livingOne who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
» His brother is a hard worker.
Його брат дуже старанний працівник.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
Near-synonym: employee
Arbeiter, Arbeiterin, Angestellter
рабо́тникrabótnik, рабо́тницаrabótnica, рабо́чийrabóčij
робітни́кrobitnýk, робітни́цяrobitnýcja, працівни́кpracivnýk
a person who works at a specific occupation
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
Arbeiterin, Arbeitsameise, Arbeitsbiene
рабо́чийrabóčij, рабо́чая пчела́rabóčaja pčelá, рабо́чая оса́rabóčaja osá
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
(rare)A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
Examples
1147 sentencesHis brother is a hard worker.
Його брат дуже старанний працівник.
He's just an ordinary office worker.
Він звичайний офісний працівник.
ruОн - простой офисный служащий.
Tom is really a good worker.
Том дуже добрий працівник.
ruТом — действительно хороший работник.
deTom ist wirklich ein guter Arbeiter.
You're a construction worker, aren't you?
Ти ж будівельник?
Tom is a very good worker.
Том дуже добрий працівник.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the oInherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.
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Forms
plural: workersSynonyms
6 synonyms- a person who acts and gets things done:actordoer
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed):proletarianprole
Antonyms
9 antonymsWord family
156 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- a construction worker
- hard worker
- a hard worker
- construction worker
- a good worker
- good worker
- a social worker
- co workers
- very hard worker
- social worker
- best best worker
- the workers are