PLUGGERS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

pluggers

noun

plural of plugger

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work the quiet pluggers are the ones who really keep this company going

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Recent Examples of pluggers Unfortunately for Jorgensen, just about every Big Ten roster has a post player like Fielder — long, quick pluggers with a hard elbow in your ribs and a soft touch at the rim. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026

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Activists suspect that Flock’s data has been used to plan immigration raids, which frequently target hardware store parking lots where migrant day-laborers often wait for work.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
The White miners drove hundreds of other Chinese laborers out of the town.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of laborers

Noun

Their crabs are steamed, frozen and packed into boxes to be shipped to Sri Lanka, where workers remove the meat by hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The payrolls processing firm said firms added 38,000 workers, fewer than the upwardly revised 46,000 in July and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 47,000.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

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