Meanings
nounknowledge worker (plural knowledge workers)
plural knowledge workers
- Someone who works with information or data.
Synonyms: brain worker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who works with information or data.
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Origin
Coined by Peter Drucker in 1966.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 知識工人 /知识工人
- 知識工人 /知识工人 (zhīshi gōngrén)someone who works with information or data
Dutch hoofdarbeider
- hoofdarbeidersomeone who works with information or data
Finnish tietotyöntekijä, tietotyöläinen
- tietotyöntekijäsomeone who works with information or data
- tietotyöläinensomeone who works with information or data
French travailleur du savoir
- travailleur du savoirsomeone who works with information or data
Polish pracownik wiedzy
- pracownik wiedzysomeone who works with information or data
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APA
knowledge worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20worker
MLA
“knowledge worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20worker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knowledge worker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20worker.
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