Synonyms of workers

workers

noun

plural of worker

1

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work

a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborers
• slaves
• toilers
• peons
• foot soldiers
• grubs
• pluggers
• grubbers
• grunts
• drones
• drudges
• drudgers
• sloggers
• dogsbodies
• serfs
• workhorses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirkers
• idlers
• slugs
• loafers
• sluggards
• goldbricks
• lazybones
• slouches

2

as in employees

one who works for another for wages or a salary

a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employees
• laborers
• assistants
• colleagues
• jobholders
• hirelings
• hands
• associates
• subordinates
• retainers
• toilers
• underlings
• workingmen
• cogs
• workmen
• coworkers
• wage earners
• wageworkers
• navvies
• yes-men
• grubs
• workwomen
• workingwomen
• gandy dancers
• flunkies
• wage slaves
• jobbers
• drudges
• hacks
• temporaries
• temps
• nine-to-fivers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employers
• supervisors
• bosses
• superiors
• gaffers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of workers

Conrad has done an outstanding job of pulling together a team of local workers at all levels of the business. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

During the boom years of the reform era, from 1978 to the early 2000s, China was a country of productive workers. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

In her telling, that leaves younger workers with less money to buy homes, raise children, build savings, or invest in their own retirement—while a system ostensibly designed to prevent poverty still leaves some older Americans poor. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The level of security workers have in retirement is also important. — Jeff Stevenson, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Hanging by a Wire features eyewitness footage, survivor testimony and cinematic reconstructions that include rescue workers. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Patagonia set a goal in 2015 for all workers making its products to earn a living wage by 2025. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

The decision prompted backlash from the two unions representing museum workers, DC 37 Local 1502 and UAW Local 2110, whose representatives said they had not been consulted. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026