Synonyms for wage-earning
wage-earn·ing

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1. wage-earning, working-classadjective

   working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries

   "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"

   Synonyms:
   blue-collar, propertyless, working-class

   Antonyms:
   middle-class, upper-class, white-collar

2. propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collaradjective

   of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

   "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

   Synonyms:
   blue-collar, propertyless, working-class

   Antonyms:
   white-collar, middle-class, upper-class

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1. List of paraphrases for "wage-earning":

   salaried

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1. Pope Pius XI:

   It violates right order whenever capital so employees the working or wage-earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary will and advantage without, the social character of economic life, social justice, and the common good.