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workaholic

workaholic noun: a person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.

Noun

workaholic (plural workaholics)

  1. A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.
    • All workaholics should move to Hong Kong, where working hours average over 50 per week.
    • We're not looking to become workaholics who don't know how to rest or vacation, or who never hang it up long enough to go to a movie.2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 80

Adjective

workaholic (comparative more workaholic, superlative most workaholic)

  1. In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

workaholic meaning in Thai

workaholic in Thai

person
คนบ้างาน

Examples of workaholic in a sentence

  • Amabots are workaholics who seem to thrive on the relentlessly fast pace.
  • The multicultural, multiamorous group of competitive young workaholics alternately getting in one another’s faces and pants.
  • In almost every case, victims are either classic over-achievers or chronic workaholics.

All 12 example sentences with workaholic

Forms of workaholic

Noun
pluralworkaholics
Adjective
comparativemore workaholic
superlativemost workaholic

Plural of workaholic: workaholics

Origin of workaholic

From work + -aholic.

Questions about workaholic

What does workaholic mean?
Workaholic means a person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.
What is workaholic in Thai?
Workaholic in Thai is คนบ้างาน. See Workaholic meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is workaholic?
Workaholic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of workaholic?
The plural of workaholic is workaholics.

Words near workaholic in the dictionary

  1. workable
  2. workableness
  3. workably
  4. workaday
  5. workadays
  6. workaholic
  7. workaholicism
  8. workaholics
  9. workaholism
  10. workalcoholic
  11. workalcoholics

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