| worker | sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
| worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive |
| worker | a person who works at a specific occupation, he is a good worker |
actor doer
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 |
almoner
medical social worker | an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
brainworker
brain-worker | someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems |
civil rights leader
civil rights worker
civil rights activist | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
colleague
co-worker
fellow worker
workfellow | an associate that one works with |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
farmhand
fieldhand
field hand
farm worker | a hired hand on a farm |
garmentmaker
garment-worker
garment worker | a person who makes garments |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
guest worker
guestworker | a person with temporary permission to work in another country, a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists |
| line worker | an employee who works on an assembly line |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
miracle man
miracle worker | a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles |
power worker
power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
proletarian
prole
worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed), workers of the world--unite! |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
seasonal worker
seasonal | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons |
silversmith
silverworker
silver-worker | someone who makes or repairs articles of silver |
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 |
social worker
caseworker
welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
stevedore
loader
longshoreman
docker
dockhand
dock worker
dockworker
dock-walloper
lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
temp
temporary
temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis |
volunteer
unpaid worker | a person who performs voluntary work |
demoralized
demoralised
discouraged
disheartened | made less hopeful or enthusiastic, desperate demoralized people looking for work, felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem, the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest |
| discouraged | lacking in resolution, the accident left others discouraged about going there |