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- US Pronunciation
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- [bloo kol-er]
- /blu ˈkɒl ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bloo kol-er]
- /blu ˈkɒl ər/
Definitions of blue collar words
- adjective blue collar of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar. 1
- noun blue collar a blue-collar worker. 1
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Origin of blue collar
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
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Parts of speech for Blue collar
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blue collar popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
blue collar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blue collar
adj blue collar
- middle-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
noun blue collar
- member — a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- laborer — a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training: a laborer in the field.
- clerk — A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
- worker — a person or thing that works.
- agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
Antonyms for blue collar
adj blue collar
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
noun blue collar
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- master — botmaster
- check — Check is also a noun.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
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