Definition

1. Noun:
   • An employee who holds a regular job: A person who is employed and occupies a specific, typically permanent or long-term, position of work.

Usage

• The term "jobholder" is used to describe an individual who is formally employed, as opposed to being unemployed, self-employed, or a temporary worker. It emphasizes the state of having secured and maintaining a steady job.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The new policy provides additional benefits for every jobholder in the company.
  • As a long-term jobholder, she was eligible for the pension plan.
  • The survey aimed to understand the concerns of the average jobholder.

Advanced Usage

• "Jobholder" vs. "Employee": While often synonymous, "jobholder" can place slightly more emphasis on the fact of or the job itself, sometimes in a formal or bureaucratic context.
  • The rights and responsibilities of a jobholder are outlined in the employee handbook.

Variants and Related Words

• Jobholding (noun): The state or condition of being a jobholder.
  • Jobholding provides a sense of financial security.

Synonyms

• Employee: A person employed for wages or salary.
• Worker: A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.
• Staff member: A member of a workforce or staff.

Antonyms

• Unemployed person: A person without a paid job but available to work.
• Jobseeker: A person who is actively looking for employment.
• Self-employed person: A person who works for themselves rather than for an employer.

Noun

1. an employee who holds a regular job