white-collar
/ˌwaɪt ˈkɑlər/
white-collar adjective: of or pertaining to office work and workers.
Adjective
white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)
- Of or pertaining to office work and workers.
- This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 22
- Synonyms:
- black-coated
white-collar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Malay
white-collar in Hindi
- of or pertaining to office work and workers
- सफ़ेदपोश safedpoś
white-collar in Tamil
- உடலுழைப்பற்ற, மேசையடி, அலுவலகத்தில் பணி செய்யும்
white-collar in Malayalam
- office, clerical, professional
- വെള്ളക്കോളർ ജോലിക്കാരായ, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥന്മാരെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ഗുമസ്തപ്പണി ചെയ്യുന്ന, ക്ലാർക്കുദ്യോഗം നോക്കുന്ന, സാങ്കേതിക വിദഗ്ദ്ധനായ, ഭരണവിർവ്വാഹകനായ
white-collar in Malay
- of or pertaining to office work and workers
- kolar putih
More languagesFewer languages
- white-collar in Indonesian
- kerah putih
Synonyms of white-collar
Forms of white-collar
| comparative | more white-collar |
|---|---|
| superlative | most white-collar |
| alternative form | whitecollar |
| alternative form | white collar |
Origin of white-collar
From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
Words formed from white-collar
Phrases with white-collar
Questions about white-collar
- What does white-collar mean?
- White-collar means of or pertaining to office work and workers.
- What is white-collar in Hindi?
- White-collar in Hindi is सफ़ेदपोश (safedpoś). See White-collar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is white-collar?
- White-collar is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce white-collar?
- White-collar is pronounced /ˌwaɪt ˈkɑlər/.
Words near white-collar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: white-collar (page history and authors); white-collar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); white-collar (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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