| laborer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. |
| ~ agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer | a person who tills the soil for a living. |
| ~ bracero | a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II. |
| ~ cleaner | someone whose occupation is cleaning. |
| ~ day laborer, day labourer | a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages. |
| ~ digger | a laborer who digs. |
| ~ dishwasher | someone who washes dishes. |
| ~ navvy, peon, drudge, galley slave | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| ~ gandy dancer | a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang. |
| ~ gravedigger | a person who earns a living by digging graves. |
| ~ hewer | a person who hews. |
| ~ hired hand, hired man, hand | a hired laborer on a farm or ranch.; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" |
| ~ hod carrier, hodman | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers. |
| ~ gipsy, gypsy, itinerant | a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment.; "itinerant traders" |
| ~ faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman | a person who fells trees. |
| ~ miner, mineworker | laborer who works in a mine. |
| ~ mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner | a worker who drives mules. |
| ~ platelayer, tracklayer | a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks. |
| ~ porter | a person employed to carry luggage and supplies. |
| ~ rail-splitter, splitter | a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences. |
| ~ sawyer | one who is employed to saw wood. |
| ~ section hand | a laborer assigned to a section gang. |
| ~ sprayer | a worker who applies spray to a surface. |
| ~ stacker | a laborer who builds up a stack or pile. |
| ~ steeplejack | someone who builds or maintains very tall structures. |
| ~ dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port. |
| ~ fireman, stoker | a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship). |
| ~ woodcutter | cuts down trees and chops wood as a job. |
| ~ working man, working person, workingman, workman | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor. |
| ~ wrecker | someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job. |
| ~ yardman | a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns). |
| labourer | | |
| peon | | |
| n. (person) | 1. drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| ~ laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. |
| worker | | |
| n. (person) | 1. worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ caster | a worker who casts molten metal into finished products. |
| ~ finisher | a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process. |
| ~ assistant, helper, help, supporter | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" |
| ~ beater | a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter. |
| ~ bill poster, bill sticker, poster | someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards. |
| ~ bleacher | a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.). |
| ~ boatman, waterman, boater | someone who drives or rides in a boat. |
| ~ carter | someone whose work is driving carts. |
| ~ charcoal burner | a worker whose job is to make charcoal. |
| ~ accumulator, collector, gatherer | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). |
| ~ comber | a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool. |
| ~ cornhusker | a worker who husks corn. |
| ~ driver | someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle. |
| ~ employable | a person who is qualified and ready to work. |
| ~ employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job. |
| ~ free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person, independent | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. |
| ~ gutter | a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.). |
| ~ hanger | a worker who hangs something. |
| ~ lamplighter | (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights. |
| ~ melter | a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.). |
| ~ moonlighter | a person who holds a second job (usually after hours). |
| ~ mopper | a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface. |
| ~ muzzler | someone who muzzles animals. |
| ~ nailer | a worker who attaches something by nailing it. |
| ~ oiler | a worker who oils engines or machinery. |
| ~ part-timer | someone who works less than the customary or standard time. |
| ~ peeler | a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables. |
| ~ planter | a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground. |
| ~ plier, plyer | someone who plies a trade. |
| ~ processor | someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.). |
| ~ pruner, trimmer | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs.; "untouched by the pruner's axe" |
| ~ dragger, tugger, puller | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something. |
| ~ quarrier, quarryman | a man who works in a quarry. |
| ~ ragsorter | a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking). |
| ~ blackleg, scab, strikebreaker, rat | someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. |
| ~ scrubber | a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck). |
| ~ seasonal, seasonal worker | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons. |
| ~ servant, retainer | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household). |
| ~ sheller | a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters). |
| ~ shelver | a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves. |
| ~ shingler | a worker who shingles roofs. |
| ~ shoveler, shoveller | a worker who shovels.; "a shoveler of coal" |
| ~ skidder | a worker who uses a skid to move logs. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| ~ hard worker, striver, slave | someone who works as hard as a slave. |
| ~ solderer | a worker who joins or mends with solder. |
| ~ splicer | a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands. |
| ~ splitter | a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone. |
| ~ stainer | a worker who stains (wood or fabric). |
| ~ stemmer | a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers. |
| ~ stringer | a worker who strings.; "a stringer of beads" |
| ~ sprigger, stemmer, stripper | a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books. |
| ~ tacker | a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding). |
| ~ tapper | a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads. |
| ~ teaser | a worker who teases wool. |
| ~ temp, temporary, temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis. |
| ~ toiler | one who works strenuously. |
| ~ thrower, throwster | a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn. |
| ~ tier up, tier | a worker who ties something. |
| ~ tiler | a worker who lays tile. |
| ~ topper | a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.). |
| ~ topper | a worker who makes or adds the top to something. |
| ~ trade unionist, union member, unionist | a worker who belongs to a trade union. |
| ~ twiner | someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing. |
| ~ unpaid worker, volunteer | a person who performs voluntary work. |
| ~ wallah | usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing.; "a kitchen wallah"; "the book wallah" |
| ~ washer | someone who washes things for a living. |
| ~ winder | a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism). |
| ~ wiper | a worker who wipes. |
| ~ working girl | a young woman who is employed. |
| ~ workmate | a fellow worker. |
| n. (person) | 2. prole, proletarian, worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed).; "workers of the world--unite!" |
| ~ labor, labour, proletariat, working class | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" |
| ~ common man, common person, commoner | a person who holds no title. |
| ~ dogsbody | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do. |
| n. (animal) | 3. worker | sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae. |
| ~ insect | small air-breathing arthropod. |
| ~ soldier | a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony. |
| ~ worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive. |
| n. (person) | 4. 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" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ demon | someone extremely diligent or skillful.; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math" |
| ~ busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy | an alert and energetic person. |
| ~ animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people. |
| ~ go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid, ball of fire | someone whose career progresses rapidly. |
| ~ man of action, man of deeds | someone inclined to act first and think later. |
| ~ ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse, fireball | a highly energetic and indefatigable person. |
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