workforcenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/C2 the group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc.:
The majority of factories in the region have a workforce of 50 to 100 (people).
Much of the workforce in the banking sector is/are affected by the new legislation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- personnel
- plod
- relay
- staff
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- workhorse
- working party
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