white-collar

/ˌwaɪt ˌˈkɑlər/

/ˌhwaɪt ˌˈkɑlər/

/ˈwaɪtkɒlə/

Definitions of white-collar

1. adjective

   of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
   “the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper”

   synonyms:

   skilled

   having or showing or requiring special skill

   clerical

   appropriate for or engaged in office work

   professional

   engaged in by members of a profession

   pink-collar

   of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women

   antonyms:

   blue-collar

   of or designating manual industrial work or workers

   unskilled

   not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency

   industrial

   employed in industry

   manual

   doing or requiring physical work

   wage-earning, working-class

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