employee
nounHow many syllables in employee?
There are 3 syllables in the word employee.How to pronounce employee:
Definition of employee:
- employee (noun):
- a worker who is hired to perform a job.
- a person who is hired to work for someone in return for payment
- one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level
Synonyms for employee:
associate
barkeep
barkeeper
barman
bartender
blue-collar worker
clerk
colleague
company man
copyist
copywriter
crewman
deliverer
delivery boy
deliveryman
dining-room attendant
dispatcher
dog catcher
floater
floorwalker
gardener
gasman
gofer
hand
hire
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Antonyms for employee:
administrator
boss
boss man
ceo
chief
chief executive
comptroller
direct manager
direct superior
director
employer
foreman
head honcho
head man
head woman
honcho
leader
management
manager
manageress
managing director
master
overseer
president
principal
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- catechize
- anteroom
- kinetic
- Ireland
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- Laasya
- estimate
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- expressly
- hydraulic
- journalese
- particles
- landlady
- dishabille
- diadem
- clerihew
- allotted
- logograph
- legatee
- flawlessness
- mayflower
- javelin
- granduncle
- acquitted
- comminute
- centigrade
- mellowness
- lavishness
- quinquereme
- hummingbird
- feiseanna
- discordant
- enticing
- nutella
- delightsome
- aasvogel
- overfilled
- unimpaired
- prehensile
- patricide
- à outrance
- blanketed
- sinkable
- teaberry
- expensive
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