Synonyms & related words for employee

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of employee — including worker, jobholder, wageworker, laborer, toiler, workman. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to employee

Explore words related to employee — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include employer, restaff, floorwalker, workwoman, workplaces, outplace, coworker, workpeople. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for employee

Common synonyms for employee include worker, jobholder, wageworker, laborer, toiler, workman, workingwoman, hireling — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does employee come from?

The word employee breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ploy-, from Latin plico (“fold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.