Antonyms for workhorse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : wurk-hawrs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrkˌhɔrs |
Definition of workhorse
Origin :- 1540s, from work (n.) + horse (n.). Figurative use by 1949.
- As in slave : noun person who serves, often under duress
- As in toiler : noun worker
- As in go-getter : noun eager beaver
- As in drudge : noun slave, very hard worker
- As in eager beaver : noun industrious person
- As in hack : noun person who does easy work for money
- The Holter, that workhorse of the water, plodded stolidly on its appointed way.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the White Sturgeon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
Synonyms for workhorse
- active person
- aholic
- ambitious person
- ball of fire
- beaver
- bondservant
- busy bee
- busy person
- captive
- chattel
- doer
- drudge
- dynamo
- factotum
- fireball
- go-getter
- greasy grind
- grind
- help
- hireling
- hot shot
- hustler
- laborer
- lackey
- live wire
- menial
- no slouch
- nose to grindstone
- old pro
- peon
- pistol
- plodder
- pro
- retainer
- self-starter
- serf
- servant
- sharpy
- skivvy
- slave
- spark plug
- subservient
- thrall
- toiler
- vassal
- victim
- workaholic
- worker
- workhorse
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