Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wage slave

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: wage slave
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.

noun

Someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The catch is that you have to be invested in order to gnaw on it. The superwealthy will do fine buying and selling things. But many wage slaves just don't have the cash."
"Yankovic stars as George Newman, a daydreaming wage slave whose overactive imagination keeps standing between him and a steady paycheck."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

wage slaves (plural)

Phrases

wage-slave wage slavery slave wage

Frequently Paired Words

wage-slave wage slavery slave wage

Synonyms

slave to the wage wagecuck wagie

Questions

What does wage slave mean?: Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.

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