Definition for Navvy:

• ( orig.) A laborer on canals for internal navigation: a laborer.

Synonyms for Navvy:

• n.

  •day laborer (noun)
  • roustabout.
  •drudge (noun)
  • drudge.
  •galley slave (noun)
  • galley slave.
  •peon (noun)
  • peon.
  •person (noun)
  • navvy.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • jack,
  • laborer,
  • labourer,
  • manual laborer,
  • day laborer,
  • unskilled laborer,
  • unskilled laborers,
  • common laborer,
  • day-laborer.

Navvy Sentence Examples:

• It would not then be the mighty financier, the learned judge, or great poet and scholar who would be sought after, but the thickest - headed navvy who could throw a stone so exactly that he brought down a bird, and who could in a day raise a wall which would shelter the group; and the man so powerful that he could surely strike an enemy or wild beast dead with his club, would at once be objects of social regard and attain individual eminence, and perhaps dominance.

• The navvy was certainly not a pretty sight.

Homophones for Navvy:

• nun buoy, niff, nib, nympho, navy, Niobe, nepa, nob, nwbw, nebo, neap, nova, neb, navaho, nap, NIMBY, neva, nipa, np, nbe, nip, nip off, newbie, nappy, napaea, Neve, nubby, nymphaea, nabob, nape, nypa, nab, nbw, NPA, nub, napea, naif, nephew, nineveh, nov, N.B., new wave, numb, nippy, nubia, neophobia, napu, ninib, namibia, napa, nebe, naive, nymph, nave, nb, nabu, Nawab, nampa, niffy, nv.

Hyponym for Navvy:

• n.

  • person
    manual laborer, jack, labourer, laborer.