blue-collar

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blue-collar

A blue-collar worker repairs a piece of machinery in a factory.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Relating to manual or industrial work: "blue-collar" describes work that typically involves physical labor, often in manufacturing, construction, maintenance, or other industrial settings.
    • Relating to workers who perform such labor: It describes the workers themselves, who are often paid hourly wages and may not require a four-year university degree.
Usage
  • The term "blue-collar" is used to classify types of jobs and the workforce, contrasting with "white-collar" (office, administrative, or professional work).
  • It is typically used attributively (before a noun) to modify words like , , , .
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The factory provides many blue-collar jobs for the local community.
    • He comes from a blue-collar family where hard physical work is valued.
    • The economic shift affected blue-collar industries more than the service sector.
Advanced Usage
  • "Blue-collar work ethic": A phrase praising the values of diligence, reliability, and toughness often associated with manual labor.
    • The manager admired the team's blue-collar work ethic.
  • "Blue-collar crime": A term for crimes committed by individuals, often in the course of their occupation, such as theft, fraud, or vandalism, as opposed to corporate ("white-collar") crime.
    • The article discussed the social causes of blue-collar crime.
Variants and Related Words
  • White-collar (adj): Relating to professional, administrative, or clerical work typically performed in an office.
    • The company is hiring for both white-collar and blue-collar positions.
  • Pink-collar (adj): Historically relating to jobs traditionally held by women, such as in nursing, teaching, or secretarial work.
    • The study examined wages in pink-collar occupations.
Synonyms
  • Manual: Involving physical work.
  • Industrial: Relating to industry or factories.
  • Working-class: Of or relating to the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work.
Antonyms
  • White-collar: Relating to professional or office work.
  • Professional: Engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a manual worker.
blue-collar

A blue-collar worker repairs a piece of machinery in a factory.

Adjective
  1. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
    • party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw
  2. of or designating manual industrial work or workers

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