English noun: working class | |||
| 1. | working class (group) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | ||
| Samples | There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field. | ||
| Synonyms | labor, labour, proletariat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | labor force, labor pool, lumpenproletariat, organized labor | ||
| Member holonym | prole, proletarian, worker | ||