worker
One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
Noun 3 meanings
One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
“Near-synonym: employee”
A nonreproductive social insect, such as 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.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.
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WORKER at a glance
WORKER has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + R 1 + K 5 + E 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,393 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with worker
All rhymesOne letter away
- WORKED14
- YORKER13
- CORKER12
- WORSER9
- WORMER11
- PORKER12
- FORKER13
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