- workman, workwoman
- nworker, employee, labourer, hand, artisan, craftsman/craftswoman, operative, manual worker, tradesperson, mechanic, journeyman, navvy, artificer
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workman, workwoman
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workwoman — noun A woman who performs manual labour; the female equivalent of a workman … Wiktionary
workman — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. laborer, toiler, mechanic; see operator 1 , worker . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who labors: hand, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workwoman. See WORK … English dictionary for students
workwoman — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who labors: hand, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman. See WORK … English dictionary for students
worker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. laborer, workman; artisan, craftsman; operator, doer, performer; journeyman, yeoman; Trojan; drudge; mechanic; toiler, moiler. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. operator, mechanic, machinist,… … English dictionary for students
hand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fist, extremity; helper, workman, employee, laborer; handwriting; informal, applause, greeting. See writing, approbation. v. pass, deliver, convey, give, transmit. See giving, side, agency, touch. II… … English dictionary for students
artisan — I noun artifex, artificer, craftsman, craftworker, faber, handicraftsman, journeyman, laborer, machiner, master craftsman, master workman, mechanic, mechanician, one engaged in a manual enterprise, one skilled in an industrial art, one trained in … Law dictionary
operative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. effective, operating, acting, working, functioning, effectual. See agency. n. workman; detective, spy. See inquiry, concealment. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. influential, adequate, efficient; see… … English dictionary for students
laborer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. worker, work[ing]man or woman, wage earner. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. worker, day laborer, unskilled worker, toiler, blue collar worker, manual laborer; carpenter s helper, bricklayer s… … English dictionary for students
roustabout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. longshoreman (see stevedore); circus hand, ranch hand, odd job man. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. laborer, stevedore, longshoreman, roughneck*; see laborer , worker . III (Roget s Thesaurus… … English dictionary for students
working girl — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who labors: hand, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, workingman, working woman, workman, workwoman. See WORK … English dictionary for students
