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- [bloo kol-er]
- /blu ˈkɒl ər/
- /bluː ˈkɒl.ər/
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- [bloo kol-er]
- /blu ˈkɒl ər/
Definitions of blue-collar word
- adjective blue-collar Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices. 3
- adjective blue-collar of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workers 3
- adjective blue-collar designating or of industrial workers, esp. the semiskilled and unskilled 3
- 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
- adjective blue-collar working class, labouring 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 most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms 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.
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.
Top questions with blue-collar
- what are blue-collar jobs?
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