Meanings
plural workforces · alternative work force
- All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025.
2020 December 2, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Success of major projects hinges on fixing skills crisis”, in Rail, page 81 more example
But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.
2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNN - The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
“There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview.
2025 July 25, Matt Egan, “How Trump’s mass deportations could backfire on the American economy by shrinking paychecks”, in CNN Business
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic يَدٌ عَامِلَةٌ, قُوَّة عَمَل
- يَدٌ عَامِلَةٌ (yadun ʕāmilatun)workers employed by an organization
- قُوَّة عَمَل (quwwat ʕamal)workers employed by an organization
Bulgarian рабо́тна си́ла
- рабо́тна си́ла (rabótna síla)workers employed by an organization
Catalan mà d'obra
- mà d'obraworkers employed by an organization
Chinese Mandarin 勞動力 /劳动力, 員工 /员工
- 勞動力 /劳动力 (láodònglì)workers employed by an organization
- 員工 /员工 (yuángōng)workers employed by an organization
Czech pracovní síla
- pracovní sílaworkers employed by an organization
Danish arbejdsstyrke
- arbejdsstyrkeworkers employed by an organization
Dutch werkkracht
- werkkrachtworkers employed by an organization
Finnish työvoima
- työvoimaworkers employed by an organization
French main-d'œuvre, personnel
- main-d'œuvreworkers employed by an organization
- personnelworkers employed by an organization
- effectifworkers employed by an organization
German Belegschaft, Arbeitskräfte
- Belegschaftworkers employed by an organization
- Arbeitskräfteworkers employed by an organization
Hungarian munkaerő
- munkaerőworkers employed by an organization
Indonesian angkatan kerja, tenaga kerja
- angkatan kerjaworkers employed by an organization
- tenaga kerjaworkers employed by an organization
Italian forza lavoro, manodopera
- forza lavoroworkers employed by an organization
- manodoperaworkers employed by an organization
Japanese 労働力, 労働人口
- 労働力 (rōdōryoku)workers employed by an organization
- 労働人口 (rōdō jinkō)workers employed by an organization
Korean 노동력, 로동력
- 노동력 (nodongnyeok)workers employed by an organization
- 로동력 (rodongnyeok)workers employed by an organization
Lithuanian darbo jėga
- darbo jėgaworkers employed by an organization
Malay tenaga kerja
- tenaga kerjaworkers employed by an organization
Māori taimahi, rāngaimahi
- taimahiworkers employed by an organization
- rāngaimahiworkers employed by an organization
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidsstyrke
- arbeidsstyrkeworkers employed by an organization
Persian نیروی کار
- نیروی کار (niru-ye kâr)workers employed by an organization
Polish siła robocza
- siła roboczaworkers employed by an organization
Portuguese mão de obra
- mão de obraworkers employed by an organization
Russian рабо́чая си́ла, трудовы́е ресу́рсы
- рабо́чая си́ла (rabóčaja síla)workers employed by an organization
- трудовы́е ресу́рсы (trudovýje resúrsy)workers employed by an organization
- штат (štat)workers employed by an organization
- персона́л (personál)workers employed by an organization
Slovak pracovná sila
- pracovná silaworkers employed by an organization
Spanish mano de obra, fuerza laboral
- mano de obraworkers employed by an organization
- fuerza laboralworkers employed by an organization
- fuerza de trabajoworkers employed by an organization
- población activaworkers employed by an organization
Swahili nguvukazi
- nguvukaziworkers employed by an organization
Swedish arbetskraft, arbetsstyrka
- arbetskraftworkers employed by an organization
- arbetsstyrkaworkers employed by an organization
Turkish işgücü
- işgücüworkers employed by an organization
Ukrainian робо́ча си́ла
- робо́ча си́ла (robóča sýla)workers employed by an organization
Vietnamese lực lượng lao động
- lực lượng lao độngworkers employed by an organization
Welsh gweithlu
- gweithluworkers employed by an organization
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with workforce
Cite this entry
workforce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workforce
“workforce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workforce. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workforce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workforce.
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