working stiff

NOUN

blue-collar worker

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blue collar

WEAK

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

NOUN

employee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent attendant clerk laborer member operator representative staff member worker

STRONG

apprentice assistant breadwinner cog domestic hand help hireling jobholder plug salesperson servant

WEAK

blue collar company person craftsperson desk jockey hired gun hired hand sales help wage earner white collar

Antonyms

STRONG

check hindrance master obstruction

NOUN

jobholder

Synonyms

STRONG

agent apprentice assistant attendant breadwinner clerk cog domestic hand help hireling laborer member operator plug representative salesperson servant worker

WEAK

blue collar company person craftsperson desk jockey hired gun hired hand sales help staff member wage earner white collar

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employer

STRONG

master

NOUN

laborer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hand manual worker worker

STRONG

blue-collar worker employee help helper unskilled worker working man/woman

WEAK

drudge hireling peon

NOUN

proletariat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lower class

STRONG

commoners peasant proletarian

WEAK

blue-collar workers common people hoi polloi plebians rank and file

NOUN

roustabout

Synonyms

STRONG

drudge farmhand grunt hand hireling operative peon worker workingman workman

WEAK

blue-collar worker manual worker migrant worker unskilled worker working girl working man/woman workingwoman workwoman

NOUN

worker

Synonyms

STRONGEST

employee laborer staff

STRONG

artisan breadwinner craftsperson hand help operative proletarian serf stiff toiler tradesperson

WEAK

blue collar company person nine-to-fiver wage earner white collar working person

NOUN

working class

Synonyms

WEAK

blue-collar workers common laborers factory laborers grassroots laboring class plebeians proles proletariat rank and file the other half unskilled laborers wage earners wage slaves workers workfolk working people working stiffs workpeople

Example Sentences

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What if you want to use your retirement to live it up and catch up on the fun you missed out on when you were a working stiff?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

I’m a working stiff, and I like to look at myself that way.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

The thing about this virus is that it doesn’t care if you are a working stiff, a prince, or a movie star.

From Fox News • Mar. 26, 2020

You might even miss her whining once she matures into a working stiff.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2019

Down at the Elks' Club, the boys say that for a working stiff I have a very inquiring mind.

From The Water Eater by Marks, Winston K.

working stiff

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