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See definition of blue collar on Dictionary.com
  • as inblue-collar
  • as inlabor
  • as inworker
  • as inhired hand
  • as injobholder
  • as inemployee

synonyms for blue collar

  • proletarian
  • factory-working
  • lower-class
  • middle-class
  • proletariat
  • wage-earning
  • working class
  • laborer
  • worker
  • work force
  • apprentice
  • breadwinner
  • employee
  • hand
  • help
  • helper
  • hireling
  • learner
  • prentice
  • proletarian
  • toiler
  • blue-collar worker
  • hard hat
  • rank and file
  • working people

antonyms for blue collar

MOST RELEVANT
  • white-collar
  • check
  • hindrance
  • obstruction
  • entertainment
  • fun
  • management
  • manager
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    How to use blue collar in a sentence

    In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
    THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
    Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
    BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUS
    His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
    ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
    The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
    A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
    He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.
    ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
    His hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
    THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
    Her worn-out blue petticoat is lighted up by a moonbeam; in her hand she appears to have a hoe.
    WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT
    Presently there was a clattering of hoofs behind him, and Ribsy came galloping along the road, with nothing on him but his collar.
    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
    Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether.
    THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
    If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.
    RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
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    WORDS RELATED TO BLUE COLLAR

    • blue collar
    • common laborer
    • employee
    • factory worker
    • hand
    • industrial worker
    • laborer
    • lunch-bucket worker
    • member of the working class
    • nonoffice worker
    • proletarian
    • working stiff
    • workingman
    • workingwoman
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