workaholic

American  

[wurk-uh-haw-lik, -hol-ik] / ˌwɜrk əˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk /

noun

1. a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.

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workaholic British  

/ ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk /

noun

1. 1. a person obsessively addicted to work

   2. ( as modifier )

      workaholic behaviour

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Other Word Forms

• workaholism noun

Etymology

Origin of workaholic

First recorded in 1965–70; work + -aholic

Example Sentences

He has kept up his well-known workaholic pace that only slowed somewhat after he was diagnosed with cancer in January 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal

It usually involved a down-on-her-luck hopeless romantic or a mature workaholic attempting to be more spontaneous in her dating life.

From Los Angeles Times

Having taken them to the Champions League for the first time since 1982-83, when it was the European Cup - and then to last season's quarter-finals - workaholic Emery has transformed Villa.

From BBC

Takaichi is a self-proclaimed workaholic who vowed to “work, work, work, work” for the Japanese people when she took office in October.

From The Wall Street Journal

As they tried to make sense of his fall, some allies wondered whether Karp’s instinct to please friends and clients—typically a virtue for a workaholic corporate lawyer—may have been a vulnerability with Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal