Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person employed in the building industry: A construction worker is someone who performs physical labor on construction sites, such as building, repairing, or demolishing structures like houses, offices, roads, and bridges.
   • A skilled or semi-skilled laborer in construction: This term encompasses a range of trades and tasks, including carpentry, masonry, operating heavy machinery, and general site labor.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The construction worker wore a hard hat and safety vest on the site.
  • A team of construction workers is needed to complete the new hospital by next year.
  • He started his career as a construction worker before becoming a site foreman.

Advanced Usage

• "to work as a construction worker": to have the job of building structures.
  • During the summer, he works as a construction worker to save money for college.

Variants and Related Words

• Construction laborer: A general term for a worker performing basic tasks on a construction site.
• Builder: A more general term for someone who constructs things, often used interchangeably but can imply a higher skill level or ownership.
• Hard hat: A term sometimes used informally to refer to a construction worker, derived from their primary safety gear.
• Crew: Refers to a group of construction workers.
  • The construction crew arrived at dawn.

Synonyms

• Builder
• Hard hat (informal)
• Laborer (in the context of construction)
• Craftsman (for skilled trades like carpentry or masonry within construction)

Related Phrases

• Construction site: The location where construction workers perform their jobs.
  • Access to the construction site is restricted to authorized personnel only.
• Construction industry: The broader economic sector encompassing all construction work and workers.

Noun

1. a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.