co-worker
Britishnoun
Explanation
A co-worker is someone you work with. Your ice cream shop co-worker might scoop the ice cream while you're on milkshake duty. When you work with someone, that person is your co-worker. The word implies that you work side-by-side — you wouldn't usually refer to your boss as your co-worker. If you work in an office, your co-workers probably have cubicles and computers that are similar to yours, and if you work on a farm your co-workers are right there beside you weeding the beets or watering the tomatoes. The prefix co in co-worker means "together" or "mutually."
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Example Sentences
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Witness the two CEO roles Brian Krzanich has had at smaller companies since resigning as Intel CEO in 2018 after the company said he’d had a previous relationship with a co-worker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I consulted a co-worker about why I was being asked to check in more.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The biggest appeal of these lowbrow collections—one reader recalls a co-worker telling his kids that souvenir was French for crap—are instant memories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It is not simply the denial of the right to vote but the shame one feels when a co-worker innocently asks, “Who you gonna vote for on Tuesday?”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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