Synonyms: white-collar
Definition: of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
Usage: the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper
Similar words: clerical
Definition: appropriate for or engaged in office work
Usage: clerical skills; a clerical job; the clerical staff
Similar words: professional
Definition: engaged in by members of a profession
Usage: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Similar words: pink-collar
Definition: of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
Usage: a pink-collar employee