Thesaurus:garbage collector
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: worker who removes refuse edit
Synonyms edit
- binman
- bin man (UK)
- dustman (UK)
- garbage collector
- garbageman
- garbage man (US, Canada)
- garbo (Australia)
- refuse collector (UK)
- sanitation engineer (euphemism)
- trashman (US, Canada)
- trash man
Hypernyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Notes edit
- Among the synonyms, garbage collector is most common by far, followed by dustman and garbage man, per GNV.
Further reading edit
- "garbage collector" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- garbage collector,bin man,dustman,garbage man,garbageman,garbo,refuse collector,trashman,garbage carter, garbage hauler at Google Ngram Viewer