Meanings
nounguest worker (plural guest workers)
plural guest workers · alternative guest-worker · alternative guestworker
- A person with temporary permission to work in another country.
Synonyms: migrant worker, foreign worker, gastarbeiter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person with temporary permission to work in another country.
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nouna person with temporary permission to work in another country
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Broader
working person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic عَامِل ضَيْف, عَامِل أَجْنَبِيّ
- عَامِل ضَيْف (ʕāmil ḍayf)guest worker
- عَامِل أَجْنَبِيّ (ʕāmil ʔajnabiyy)guest worker
Bulgarian гаста́рбайтер
- гаста́рбайтер (gastárbajter)guest worker
Catalan treballador convidat, treballadora convidada
- treballador convidatguest worker
- treballadora convidadaguest worker
Chinese Mandarin 外籍勞工 /外籍劳工, 外勞 /外劳
- 外籍勞工 /外籍劳工 (wàijí láogōng)guest worker
- 外勞 /外劳 (wàiláo)guest worker
- 客工 (kègōng)guest worker
Danish fremmedarbejder, migrantarbejder
- fremmedarbejderguest worker
- migrantarbejderguest worker
- gæstearbejderguest worker
Dutch gastarbeider, gastarbeidster
- gastarbeiderguest worker
- gastarbeidsterguest worker
Finnish vierastyöläinen
- vierastyöläinenguest worker
French travailleur invité, travailleuse invitée
- travailleur invitéguest worker
- travailleuse invitéeguest worker
- travailleur étrangerguest worker
- travailleuse étrangèreguest worker
- travailleur immigréguest worker
- travailleuse immigréeguest worker
German Gastarbeiter, Gastarbeiterin
- Gastarbeiterguest worker
- Gastarbeiteringuest worker
- ausländischer Arbeitnehmerguest worker
- ausländische Arbeitnehmeringuest worker
Hebrew מהגר עבודה
- מהגר עבודהguest worker
Indonesian pekerja migran
- pekerja migranguest worker
Japanese 外国人労働者, ガストアルバイター
- 外国人労働者 (gaikokujin-rōdōsha)guest worker
- ガストアルバイター (gasutoarubaitā)guest worker
Korean 외국인 노동자
- 외국인 노동자 (oegugin nodongja)guest worker
Norwegian Bokmål gjestearbeider, fremmedarbeider
- gjestearbeiderguest worker
- fremmedarbeiderguest worker
Persian کارگر مهاجر
- کارگر مهاجر (kârgar-e mohâjer)guest worker
Polish gastarbeiter, gastarbajter
- gastarbeiterguest worker
- gastarbajterguest worker
Portuguese trabalhador convidado, trabalhadora convidada
- trabalhador convidadoguest worker
- trabalhadora convidadaguest worker
Russian гаста́рбайтер, гастарба́йтер
- гаста́рбайтер (gastárbajter)guest worker
- гастарба́йтер (gastarbájter)guest worker
- иностра́нный рабо́чий (inostránnyj rabóčij)guest worker
- заробитча́нин (zarobitčánin)guest worker
Spanish trabajador invitado, trabajadora invitada
- trabajador invitadoguest worker
- trabajadora invitadaguest worker
- trabajador extranjeroguest worker
- trabajadora extranjeraguest worker
- gastarbeiterguest worker
Swedish gästarbetare
- gästarbetareguest worker
Turkish gastarbeiter
- gastarbeiterguest worker
Ukrainian гаста́рбайтер
- гаста́рбайтер (hastárbajter)guest worker
Cite this entry
APA
guest worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guest%20worker
MLA
“guest worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guest%20worker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guest worker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guest%20worker.
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