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Pronunciation:
[ kˈuːli], [ kˈuːli], [ k_ˈuː_l_i]
Coolie is a term that has been used to describe unskilled laborers in Asia, particularly in countries like China and India. However, the term is considered derogatory and offensive as it has been used historically to oppress and dehumanize these laborers. Synonyms for coolie include words like laborer, worker, employee, porter, peon, and servant. These words are more appropriate to describe individuals working in certain industries and professions and should be used instead of coolie. It is essential to use language that is respectful and free from any discriminatory or derogatory connotations, especially to avoid perpetuating harmful stereotypes and attitudes.
Related words: Indian coolie, coolies in India, coolies in South Asia, coolies on the Indian subcontinent, coolies in the British Empire, coolie trade
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Synonyms for Coolie:
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• carrier • person Other synonyms:
- Red Indian ,
- Yid ,
- canuck ,
- coloured ,
- dago ,
- eskimo ,
- gipsy ,
- goy ,
- gringo ,
- half-breed ,
- half-caste ,
- haole ,
- honky ,
- injun ,
- jerry ,
- kafir ,
- kraut ,
- mick ,
- mulatto ,
- negress ,
- negro ,
- nonwhite ,
- pakeha ,
- paleface ,
- pickaninny ,
- pommy ,
- redskin ,
- squaw ,
- taffy ,
- uncle tom ,
- wetback ,
- whitey ,
- wog ,
- wop ,
- yank .
- indian .
- native .
- primitive .
- black .
- savage .
Other relevant words:
- aboriginal ,
- aborigine ,
- actor ,
- african-american ,
- aircraft carrier ,
- amerind ,
- amerindic ,
- anuran ,
- applied scientist ,
- archaic ,
- athlete ,
- athletic supporter ,
- attack aircraft carrier ,
- banger ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- batrachian ,
- beast ,
- biased ,
- black-market ,
- blacken ,
- blackened ,
- blackness ,
- blast ,
- bleached ,
- bleak ,
- boche ,
- bohemian ,
- bootleg ,
- bottom ,
- break one's back ,
- bridge player ,
- brutal ,
- brute ,
- buckle down ,
- caddy ,
- caffer ,
- caffre ,
- calamitous ,
- car transporter ,
- carrier wave ,
- carry ,
- centrifugal ,
- colorful ,
- common raccoon ,
- contraband ,
- convey ,
- conveyer belt ,
- conveyor ,
- conveyor belt ,
- cracker bonbon ,
- crucify ,
- crude ,
- cruel ,
- dark ,
- deal ,
- dim ,
- direct ,
- director ,
- disastrous ,
- disgraceful ,
- dock worker ,
- dock-walloper ,
- dockhand ,
- dockworker ,
- doer ,
- door guard ,
- drive ,
- drudge ,
- dyed ,
- engine ,
- engine driver ,
- esquimau ,
- evince ,
- express mail ,
- expressage ,
- extract ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- fell ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- firecracker ,
- flattop ,
- fomite ,
- furious ,
- galley slave ,
- gaul ,
- gentile ,
- ginzo ,
- give ,
- give tongue to ,
- golf caddie ,
- greaseball ,
- greaser ,
- grim ,
- guinea ,
- half-blooded ,
- half-bred ,
- hall porter ,
- handwriting ,
- hard worker ,
- haulier ,
- helping hand ,
- hired hand ,
- hired man ,
- homer ,
- honkey ,
- honkie ,
- humble ,
- hun ,
- ignominious ,
- immune carrier ,
- indigen ,
- indigene ,
- inglorious ,
- inuit ,
- itinerant ,
- jack ,
- jerk ,
- jockstrap ,
- joseph black ,
- kaffir ,
- knuckle down ,
- krauthead ,
- lightlessness ,
- limited ,
- loader ,
- locomotive engine ,
- locomotive engineer ,
- locomotor ,
- longshoreman ,
- lowly ,
- lumper ,
- ma ,
- machine gunner ,
- mail carrier ,
- mailman ,
- mama ,
- mamma ,
- manual laborer ,
- manus ,
- mastermind ,
- melanise ,
- melanize ,
- merchant ship ,
- merchantman ,
- mickey ,
- mitt ,
- mom ,
- momma ,
- mommy ,
- mordant ,
- motive ,
- mum ,
- mummy ,
- music director ,
- naive ,
- negroid ,
- newsboy ,
- non-jew ,
- northerner ,
- one-sided ,
- opprobrious ,
- orchestrate ,
- organise ,
- organize ,
- ostiarius ,
- ostiary ,
- paddy field ,
- pallbearer ,
- pass ,
- pass on ,
- paw ,
- peon ,
- picaninny ,
- piccaninny ,
- pigmy ,
- pillory ,
- pitch blackness ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- pom ,
- porter's beer ,
- postman ,
- president carter ,
- press out ,
- primitive person ,
- prole ,
- proletarian ,
- propertyless ,
- railroad engineer ,
- railway locomotive ,
- reach ,
- red man ,
- redneck ,
- rice paddy ,
- ringtail ,
- roma ,
- romani ,
- romany ,
- rommany ,
- roughshod ,
- rude ,
- salesclerk ,
- salientian ,
- script ,
- shameful ,
- shop assistant ,
- shop clerk ,
- show ,
- sinister ,
- slanted ,
- smuggled ,
- smutty ,
- snapper ,
- state ,
- striver ,
- supporter ,
- suspensor ,
- taco ,
- teamster ,
- technologist ,
- toad ,
- toad frog ,
- total darkness ,
- toter ,
- turn over ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- usher ,
- utter ,
- verbalise ,
- verbalize ,
- vicious ,
- wage-earning ,
- waggoner ,
- waiter's assistant ,
- waterer ,
- wild ,
- wildcat ,
- wolf ,
- working man ,
- working person ,
- working-class ,
- yankee-doodle .
- Bheesty ,
- Chasseur ,
- Drayman ,
- Expressman ,
- Matross ,
- Rifles ,
- Shield-bearer ,
- Tranter ,
- Zouave ,
- artilleryman ,
- bombardier ,
- busboy ,
- caddie ,
- cannoneer ,
- caretaker ,
- cargo handler ,
- carrier pigeon ,
- carter ,
- common carrier ,
- conductor ,
- cooly ,
- cupbearer ,
- docker ,
- doorkeeper ,
- doorman ,
- employee ,
- engineer ,
- express ,
- freighter ,
- ganymede ,
- gatekeeper ,
- gunner ,
- hand ,
- hauler ,
- hebe ,
- holder ,
- homing pigeon ,
- janitor ,
- laborer ,
- labourer ,
- letter carrier ,
- light infantry ,
- litter-bearer ,
- locomotive ,
- military train ,
- motor ,
- navvy ,
- sapper ,
- slave ,
- stevedore ,
- stretcher-bearer ,
- toiler ,
- transporter ,
- truck driver ,
- trucker ,
- wagoner ,
- water boy ,
- water carrier ,
- worker ,
- workman .
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How to use "Coolie" in context?
The word "coolie" has many meanings, but generally it refers to a manual laborer in East Asia, primarily in the British Empire, in the early 20th century. The term is seen as derogatory in some circles and the worker themselves were often referred to as such.
Homophones for Coolie:
- calla lily, cow cockle, Cassius Clay, cell wall, cusk-eel, cali, caul, challah, chilli, coil, collie, chili, chiloe, cagoule, chile, chicle, chyle, cilial, cakehole, chuckhole, chill, cagily, casual, casually, clio, coal oil, cackle, chisel, coalhole, call, cow lily, case law, chuckwalla, coucal, claw, coequal, cul, cell, chilly, coggle, cowl, coccal, coaxial, cakchiquel, cackel, cackly, coolly, chuckle, cycle, cull, cooly, cosily, causal, cozily, cogwheel, cole, cxl, cl, calla, coaxal, cholla, coquille, clew, clay, cloy, choke coil, cool, clue, cajole, coal, cli, clayey, cocozelle, cheekily, cockle, coccygeal, cello, coca cola, coyol, coahuila, chela, cacalia, cecal, caecal, cochlea, colly, callow, cakile, col, chagall, cola, cicala.
Hyponym for Coolie:
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