Employer and Worker

Opposite meaning words

Employer noun - A person or firm that employs workers.

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Worker is an antonym for employer in topics: person, employee.

Worker noun - One who works for another for wages or a salary.

Usage example: a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers

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Employer is an antonym for worker.

Nearby Words: work, working, worked, workplace, workmate

old	old employer	old worker
good	good employer	good worker
female	female employer	female worker
kind	kind employer	kind worker
Other adjectives: best, better, single, real, male, young, white, new, former, last, older.

The descriptions of him from a co-worker, an ex-lover, and a former employer are so general that they could fit thousands of people.

Source: The Nondescript
Stealing from the Till: "One Piece at a Time" which features an assembly line worker who eventually steals enough car parts from his employer to make his own version.

Source: Music / Johnny Cash
There are Real Life trades that not only allow, but make people walk (or drive, or sail) the Earth with their job and change often their employer: sailor, diver, oil rig worker, truck driver, miner, geologist.

Source: Walking the Earth

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