Definitions of blue-collar
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of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
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synonyms:
propertyless, wage-earning, working-class
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low-class, lower-class
occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
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low-class, lower-class
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of or designating manual industrial work or workers
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Synonyms:
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unskilled
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
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industrial
employed in industry
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manual
doing or requiring physical work
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wage-earning, working-class
working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
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Antonyms:
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white-collar
of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
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skilled
having or showing or requiring special skill
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clerical
appropriate for or engaged in office work
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professional
engaged in by members of a profession
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pink-collar
of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
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unskilled
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