manpower

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
2. (uncountable) The power exerted by a single person.

Synonyms

workforce

work force

human resources

labour force

labour

hands

labor

men

personnel

man power

labour power

labor force

staff

thews

vigor

vigorousness

vigour

vim

virtue

working force

human power

manning level

manual effort

brawn

human forces

faculty

force

hand

✋

human resource

might

pithiness

potency

power

puissance

robustness

strength

sturdiness

Translations

manodopera

mano de obra

Arbeitskräfte

mão-de-obra

forza lavoro

força de trabalho

main-d’oeuvre

Arbeitskraft

main-d’œuvre

main d’oeuvre

mà d’obra

εργατικό δυναμικό

main d’œuvre

Menschenpotential

Etymology

From man + power.