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NONWORKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonworker mean? 

NONWORKER (noun)
  The noun NONWORKER has 1 sense:

1. a person who does nothingplay

  Familiarity information: NONWORKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NONWORKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who does nothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nonworker" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonworker"):

deadhead (a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way)

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

retired person; retiree (someone who has retired from active working)

striker (an employee on strike against an employer)

unemployed person (someone who is jobless)

vacationer; vacationist (someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work)

Antonym:

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)


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