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Synonyms of carpenter

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Another word for carpenter is woodwright. Other synonyms of carpenter are woodworker.

Synonyms and similar words for carpenter

nounA person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct...

verbTo work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

  • carpent rareTo do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.

Meaning of carpenter

  1. noun A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
  2. noun A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
  3. noun A two-wheeled carriage.

Full definition of carpenter

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Questions about synonyms of carpenter

What is another word for carpenter?
Carpenter has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as woodwright and woodworker.
What does carpenter mean?
Carpenter means a person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpenter (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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