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 the Google Books Ngram Viewer.