name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.

   "Near-synonym: wheelsmith"

2. 2
   someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A comparatively rare English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made wooden wheels.
2. 2
   A home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
3. 3
   A village in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms

wheelerwheelmakerwheelsmithwheelsmithwright

Etymology

From Middle English whelwryghte; equivalent to wheel + wright.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.