6.1.1 Worker

Use this domain for words related to a worker.

  • What general words refer to a person who works?
    worker, laborer
  • What words refer to a person who works in a particular place?
    butler (house), field hand, farm hand (fields), ranch hand (ranch)
  • What words refer to a person who works for someone else?
    hired hand, employee, servant, hireling, slave,
  • What words refer to a person who works for a day or a few days?
    day laborer, temporary help, casual worker
  • What words refer to a person who works for only part of a day, or for the whole day?
    part-time worker, full-time worker
  • What words refer to a person who works with a particular material or animal?
    carpenter (wood), blacksmith (iron, metal), cowboy (cattle), shepherd (sheep)
  • 6.1.1.1 Expert

    Use this domain for words related to being an expert--someone who can do something well.

  • What words refer to an expert?
    expert, professional, master, craftsman, specialist, old hand, old-timer, the best we have, leader in his field, on the cutting edge, senior, graduate, doctor, consultant, trainer, teacher, is degreed, has a degree
  • What words are used to refer to the knowledge or ability of an expert?
    expertise, knowledge, expert knowledge, experience, ability, craftsmanship, training, understanding, proficiency
  • What words describe an expert?
    the best we have, leader in his field, on the cutting edge, master (craftsman), expert (machinist), leading (scholar), degreed (scholar), foremost (expert), knowledgeable, experienced, able (seaman), well-trained, proficient, capable, clever, skilled, skillful,
  • What words are used to refer to someone who is not an expert?
    student, apprentice, trainee, novice, jack-of-all-trades, greenhorn, beginner, new recruit, plebe, freshman
  • What words describe someone who is not an expert?
    green, beginning (student), new, uninitiated, ignorant, untrained, inexperienced, unknowledgeable