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- [koh-wur-ker, koh-wur-]
- /ˈkoʊˌwɜr kər, koʊˈwɜr-/
- /ˈkoˌwərkə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koh-wur-ker, koh-wur-]
- /ˈkoʊˌwɜr kər, koʊˈwɜr-/
Definitions of coworker word
- countable noun coworker Your coworkers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you. 3
- noun coworker a fellow worker; colleague. 1
- noun coworker A fellow worker. 1
- abbreviation COWORKER colleague 1
- noun coworker Somebody with whom one works; a companion or workmate. 0
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Origin of coworker
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; co- + worker
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Coworker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
coworker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for coworker
noun coworker
- lecturer — a person who lectures.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- professor — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- companion — A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with.
Antonyms for coworker
noun coworker
- foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
- opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- pupil — the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
- student — a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
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