English adjective: wage-earning | |||
1. | wage-earning working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries | ||
Samples | Working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor. | ||
Synonyms | working-class | ||
Similar | blue-collar | ||
Antonyms | white-collar | ||
2. | wage-earning of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers | ||
Samples | Party of the propertyless proletariat. | ||
Synonyms | blue-collar, propertyless, working-class | ||
Similar | low-class, lower-class | ||
Antonyms | middle-class, upper-class | ||