research worker

1. 1.

   a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

   Synonymsresearcherinvestigator

   Broaderscientist

   Narrowerexperimenterboffinfieldworkerpostdoc

Questions about research worker

What does research worker mean?

research worker means "a scientist who devotes himself to doing research".

What is another word for research worker?

Close synonyms include researcher, investigator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is research worker a common word?

research worker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.