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 | ||