workaholic

American

[wurk-uh-haw-lik, -hol-ik] / ˌwɜrk əˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk /

noun

a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.

workaholic British

/ ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk /

noun

1. a person obsessively addicted to work
2. ( as modifier )
  
  workaholic behaviour

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Other Word Forms

workaholism noun

Etymology

Origin of workaholic

First recorded in 1965–70; work + -aholic

Example Sentences

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Having taken them to the Champions League for the first time since 1982-83, when it was the European Cup - and then to last season's quarter-finals - workaholic Emery has transformed Villa.

From BBC

Takaichi is a self-proclaimed workaholic who vowed to “work, work, work, work” for the Japanese people when she took office in October.

From The Wall Street Journal

As they tried to make sense of his fall, some allies wondered whether Karp’s instinct to please friends and clients—typically a virtue for a workaholic corporate lawyer—may have been a vulnerability with Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal

He left behind a seminal 37-volume encyclopedia, the “Natural History,” and the surviving letters of his nephew paint a colorful portrait of a workaholic who rarely slept.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet he’s also a workaholic known for firing off texts to subordinates and colleagues as early as 4 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal

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