After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
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Carpenter
//ˈkɑː.pən.tə//
Synonyms for "carpenter" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (6)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescapable of
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
derived
14 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
231 translations across 115 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- drudhendës noun (one who practices carpentry)
- zdrukthëtar noun (one who practices carpentry)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τέκτων noun (one who practices carpentry)
Arabic
3 entries- نجار noun (one who practices carpentry)
- نجار noun (one who practices carpentry)
- نَجَّار noun (one who practices carpentry)
Aramaic
4 entries- נַגָּרָא noun (one who practices carpentry)
- נגרא noun (one who practices carpentry)
- ܢܓܪܐ noun (one who practices carpentry)
- ܢܲܓܵܪܵܐ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Armenian
3 entries- ատաղձագործ noun (one who practices carpentry)
- դուրգար noun (one who practices carpentry)
- հյուսն noun (one who practices carpentry)
Assamese
3 entries- কাঠ মিস্ত্ৰী noun (one who practices carpentry)
- বাঢ়ৈ noun (one who practices carpentry)
- সূতাৰ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܢܲܓܵܪܵܐ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Asturian
2 entries- carpintera noun (one who practices carpentry)
- carpinteru noun (one who practices carpentry)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dülgər noun (one who practices carpentry)
- xarrat noun (one who practices carpentry)
Basque
1 entries- arotz noun (one who practices carpentry)
Belarusian
2 entries- сталя́р noun (one who practices carpentry)
- цясля́р noun (one who practices carpentry)
Bengali
1 entries- সূত্রধর noun (one who practices carpentry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дърводе́лец noun (one who practices carpentry)
Burmese
1 entries- လက်သမား noun (one who practices carpentry)
Catalan
3 entries- Fuster name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- fuster noun (one who practices carpentry)
- fustera noun (one who practices carpentry)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دارتاش noun (one who practices carpentry)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏲᎳᏅᎥᏍᎩ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 卡彭特 name (surname)
- 木匠 noun (one who practices carpentry)
- 船匠 noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
Classical Mandaic
1 entries- ࡍࡀࡍࡂࡀࡓࡀ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Czech
2 entries- tesař noun (one who practices carpentry)
- truhlář noun (one who practices carpentry)
Danish
2 entries- tømmermand noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tømrer noun (one who practices carpentry)
Dutch
4 entries- Timmerman name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- timmeraar noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timmerman noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timmervrouw noun (one who practices carpentry)
Erzya
1 entries- чапиця noun (one who practices carpentry)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĉarpentistino noun (one who practices carpentry)
- ĉarpentisto noun (one who practices carpentry)
Estonian
1 entries- puusepp noun (one who practices carpentry)
Faroese
1 entries- timburmaður noun (one who practices carpentry)
Finnish
4 entries- kirvesmies noun (one who practices carpentry)
- puuseppä noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timperi noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timperi noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
French
4 entries- Carpenter name (surname)
- Charpentier name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- charpentier noun (one who practices carpentry)
- charpentière noun (one who practices carpentry)
Galician
3 entries- carpinteira noun (one who practices carpentry)
- carpinteiro noun (one who practices carpentry)
- fragueiro noun (one who practices carpentry)
Georgian
1 entries- ხურო noun (one who practices carpentry)
German
4 entries- Zimmermann name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- Bauschreiner noun (one who practices carpentry)
- Bauschreinerin noun (one who practices carpentry)
- Bautischler noun (one who practices carpentry)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰 noun (one who practices carpentry)
Greek
2 entries- μαραγκός noun (one who practices carpentry)
- ξυλουργός noun (one who practices carpentry)
Gujarati
1 entries- સુતાર noun (one who practices carpentry)
Hebrew
1 entries- נַגָּר noun (one who practices carpentry)
Hindi
2 entries- काष्ठकार noun (one who practices carpentry)
- बढ़ई noun (one who practices carpentry)
Hungarian
4 entries- Ács name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- asztalos noun (one who practices carpentry)
- hajóács noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
- ács noun (one who practices carpentry)
Icelandic
4 entries- húsasmiður noun (one who practices carpentry)
- smiður noun (one who practices carpentry)
- snikkari noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timburmaður noun (one who practices carpentry)
Ingrian
2 entries- plotnikka noun (one who practices carpentry)
- stolari noun (one who practices carpentry)
Irish
3 entries- cearpantóir noun (one who practices carpentry)
- saor adhmaid noun (one who practices carpentry)
- siúinéir noun (one who practices carpentry)
Italian
3 entries- carpentiere noun (one who practices carpentry)
- falegname noun (one who practices carpentry)
- maestro d'ascia noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
Japanese
1 entries- 大工 noun (one who practices carpentry)
Kazakh
1 entries- ағаш ұстасы noun (one who practices carpentry)
Khmer
1 entries- ជាងឈើ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Korean
1 entries- 목수 noun (one who practices carpentry)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жыгач устасы noun (one who practices carpentry)
Lao
1 entries- ຊ່າງໄມ້ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Latin
1 entries- lignārius noun (one who practices carpentry)
Latvian
1 entries- galdnieks noun (one who practices carpentry)
Lingala
1 entries- kabinda noun (one who practices carpentry)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dailidė noun (one who practices carpentry)
Low German
1 entries- Timmermann noun (one who practices carpentry)
Luganda
1 entries- mubazzi noun (one who practices carpentry)
Macedonian
1 entries- столар noun (one who practices carpentry)
Malay
1 entries- tukang kayu noun (one who practices carpentry)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആശാരി noun (one who practices carpentry)
Maltese
1 entries- mastrudaxxa noun (one who practices carpentry)
Marathi
3 entries- कार्पेंटर name (surname)
- सुतार name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- सुतार noun (one who practices carpentry)
Mazanderani
1 entries- چوتاش noun (one who practices carpentry)
Middle English
1 entries- carpenter noun (one who practices carpentry)
Mongolian
1 entries- мужаан noun (one who practices carpentry)
Navajo
1 entries- kin ííłʼíní noun (one who practices carpentry)
Norman
2 entries- Carpentier name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
- tchèrpentchi noun (one who practices carpentry)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- dartaş noun (one who practices carpentry)
- dartiraş noun (one who practices carpentry)
- dulger noun (one who practices carpentry)
- merenqoz noun (one who practices carpentry)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- mmêtli noun (one who practices carpentry)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- snekker noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tømmermann noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tømrer noun (one who practices carpentry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- snikkar noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tømmermann noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tømrar noun (one who practices carpentry)
Occitan
4 entries- menuisièra noun (one who practices carpentry)
- menusièr noun (one who practices carpentry)
- menusèr noun (one who practices carpentry)
- menusèra noun (one who practices carpentry)
Old Armenian
1 entries- հիւսն noun (one who practices carpentry)
Old English
1 entries- trēowwyrhta noun (one who practices carpentry)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- دولگر noun (one who practices carpentry)
- طوغرامهجی noun (one who practices carpentry)
- مارانغوز noun (one who practices carpentry)
- مارانغوز noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
Pali
1 entries- vaḍḍhakī noun (one who practices carpentry)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- цимерман noun (one who practices carpentry)
Pashto
1 entries- ترکاڼ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Persian
3 entries- درودگر noun (one who practices carpentry)
- درگر noun (one who practices carpentry)
- نجار noun (one who practices carpentry)
Picard
1 entries- Carpentier name (Surname equivalents of "Carpenter")
Plautdietsch
3 entries- Descha noun (one who practices carpentry)
- Holtoabeida noun (one who practices carpentry)
- Temmamaun (nds) noun (one who practices carpentry)
Polish
3 entries- cieśla noun (one who practices carpentry)
- stolarka noun (one who practices carpentry)
- stolarz noun (one who practices carpentry)
Portuguese
4 entries- carpinteira noun (one who practices carpentry)
- carpinteiro noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marceneira noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marceneiro noun (one who practices carpentry)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਤਰਖਾਣ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Romani
2 entries- duramažís noun (one who practices carpentry)
- duramaǰís noun (one who practices carpentry)
Romanian
4 entries- dulgher noun (one who practices carpentry)
- lemnar noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marangoz noun (nautical: person responsible for all the woodwork onboard)
- tâmplar noun (one who practices carpentry)
Romansch
3 entries- lainari noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marangun noun (one who practices carpentry)
- scrinari noun (one who practices carpentry)
Russian
3 entries- Ка́рпентер name (surname)
- пло́тник noun (one who practices carpentry)
- столя́р noun (one who practices carpentry)
Sanskrit
3 entries- छेदि noun (one who practices carpentry)
- तक्षन् noun (one who practices carpentry)
- त्वष्टृ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- saor noun (one who practices carpentry)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stȍlār noun (one who practices carpentry)
- tȅsār noun (one who practices carpentry)
- сто̏ла̄р noun (one who practices carpentry)
- те̏са̄р noun (one who practices carpentry)
Shona
1 entries- muvezi noun (one who practices carpentry)
Slovak
2 entries- tesár noun (one who practices carpentry)
- truhlár noun (one who practices carpentry)
Slovene
1 entries- tesar noun (one who practices carpentry)
Somali
1 entries- najaar noun (one who practices carpentry)
Spanish
3 entries- carpintera noun (one who practices carpentry)
- carpintero noun (one who practices carpentry)
- ebanista noun (one who practices carpentry)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- temreman noun (one who practices carpentry)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒉄 noun (one who practices carpentry)
Swahili
1 entries- seremala noun (one who practices carpentry)
Swazi
2 entries- um-bati noun (one who practices carpentry)
- wemápulángo noun (one who practices carpentry)
Swedish
2 entries- snickare noun (one who practices carpentry)
- timmerman noun (one who practices carpentry)
Tagalog
2 entries- anluwagi noun (one who practices carpentry)
- karpintero noun (one who practices carpentry)
Tajik
1 entries- дуредгар noun (one who practices carpentry)
Tamil
1 entries- தச்சன் noun (one who practices carpentry)
Telugu
1 entries- వడ్రంగి noun (one who practices carpentry)
Thai
1 entries- ช่างไม้ noun (one who practices carpentry)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tarkāttsa noun (one who practices carpentry)
Turkish
3 entries- doğramacı noun (one who practices carpentry)
- dülger noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marangoz noun (one who practices carpentry)
Turkmen
1 entries- agaç ussasy noun (one who practices carpentry)
Ukrainian
3 entries- стола́р noun (one who practices carpentry)
- те́сля noun (one who practices carpentry)
- тесля́р noun (one who practices carpentry)
Urdu
1 entries- بڑھئی noun (one who practices carpentry)
Uyghur
1 entries- ياغاچچى noun (one who practices carpentry)
Uzbek
2 entries- duradgor noun (one who practices carpentry)
- najjor noun (one who practices carpentry)
Venetan
4 entries- carpenter noun (one who practices carpentry)
- carpentera noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marangon noun (one who practices carpentry)
- marangona noun (one who practices carpentry)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thợ mộc noun (one who practices carpentry)
Volapük
3 entries- hikapenan noun (one who practices carpentry)
- jikapenan noun (one who practices carpentry)
- kapenan noun (one who practices carpentry)
Welsh
2 entries- saer noun (one who practices carpentry)
- saer coed noun (one who practices carpentry)
Western Apache
1 entries- kįh ágoleʼí noun (one who practices carpentry)
Yiddish
1 entries- סטאָליער noun (one who practices carpentry)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
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A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.
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My grandfather is a carpenter.
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