Meanings
nounworkaholic (plural workaholics)
plural workaholics
- 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.
1 more example
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
adjectiveworkaholic (comparative more workaholic, superlative most workaholic)
comparative more workaholic · superlative most workaholic
- In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
Origin
- Englishwork
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishworkaholic
Translations
Bulgarian работохоли́к, работохоли́чка
- работохоли́к (rabotoholík)person
- работохоли́чка (rabotoholíčka)person
- работохоли́чен (rabotoholíčen)in the nature or manner of a workaholic
Chinese Mandarin 工作狂, 拼命三郎
- 工作狂 (gōngzuòkuáng)person
- 拼命三郎 (pīnmìng sān láng)person
- 工作狂的 (gōngzuòkuáng de)in the nature or manner of a workaholic
Czech workoholik, workoholička
- workoholikperson
- workoholičkaperson
Danish arbejdsnarkoman
- arbejdsnarkomanperson
Dutch workaholic
- workaholicperson
Esperanto labormaniulo
- labormaniuloperson
Estonian tööhoolik, töönarkomaan
- tööhoolikperson
- töönarkomaanperson
Finnish työnarkomaani, työnarkomaaninen
- työnarkomaaniperson
- työnarkomaaninenin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- työnarkomaaniin the nature or manner of a workaholic
French workaholique, stakhanoviste
- workaholiqueperson
- stakhanovisteperson
- bourreau de travailperson
- workaholiquein the nature or manner of a workaholic
- stakhanovistein the nature or manner of a workaholic
German Arbeitstier, Arbeitssüchtiger
- Arbeitstierperson
- Arbeitssüchtigerperson
- Arbeitssüchtigeperson
Greek εργασιομανής, εργασιομανής
- εργασιομανής (ergasiomanís)person
- εργασιομανής (ergasiomanís)in the nature or manner of a workaholic
Hungarian munkamániás
- munkamániásperson
Italian stacanovista, stakanovista
- stacanovistaperson
- stakanovistaperson
- stacanovisticoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- stacanovistain the nature or manner of a workaholic
- stakanovisticoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- stakanovistain the nature or manner of a workaholic
Japanese 仕事中毒の人, 働き中毒
- 仕事中毒の人 (shigotochūdoku no hito)person
- 働き中毒 (hatarakichūdoku)person
- 仕事の虫 (shigoto no mushi)person
Korean 일중독증
- 일중독증 (iljungdokjeung)person
Latvian darbaholiks
- darbaholiksperson
Lithuanian darboholikas
- darboholikasperson
Māori ringa tōhaunui
- ringa tōhaunuiperson
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidsnarkoman
- arbeidsnarkomanperson
Polish pracoholik, pracoholiczka
- pracoholikperson
- pracoholiczkaperson
Portuguese workaholic, trabalhólatra
- workaholicperson
- trabalhólatraperson
Romanian workaholic, stahanovist
- workaholicperson
- stahanovistperson
Russian работя́га, трудя́га
- работя́га (rabotjága)person
- трудя́га (trudjága)person
- трудого́лик (trudogólik)person
- трудоголи́чка (trudogolíčka)person
- тру́женик (trúženik)person
- тру́женица (trúženica)person
- стаха́новец (staxánovec)person
- стаха́новка (staxánovka)person
- работого́лик (rabotogólik)person
- работоголи́чка (rabotogolíčka)person
- стаха́новский (staxánovskij)in the nature or manner of a workaholic
Spanish trabajólico, trabajólica
- trabajólicoperson
- trabajólicaperson
- trabajoadictoperson
- laboradictoperson
- adicto al trabajoperson
- adicto al trabajoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- trabajólicoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- trabajoadictoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- laboradictoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- ergómanoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- ergomaníacoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
- ergomaniacoin the nature or manner of a workaholic
Swedish arbetsnarkoman, arbetsmyra
- arbetsnarkomanperson
- arbetsmyraperson
- arbetsnarkomanin the nature or manner of a workaholic
Thai คนบ้างาน
- คนบ้างานperson
Turkish işkolik, işkolik
- işkolikperson
- işkolikin the nature or manner of a workaholic
Ukrainian трудого́лік, працего́лік
- трудого́лік (trudohólik)person
- працего́лік (pracehólik)person
- трудя́га (trudjáha)person
- трудя́ка (trudjáka)person
- роботя́га (robotjáha)person
Cite this entry
APA
workaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaholic
MLA
“workaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaholic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workaholic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaholic.
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