Tom accepted the job as janitor at the local high school.
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Janitor
//ˈd͡ʒænɪtə//
Synonyms for "janitor" (54 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
8 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
136 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَوَّاب noun (doorman)
Armenian
2 entries- դռնապան noun (doorman)
- հավաքարար noun (caretaker)
Belarusian
4 entries- адзве́рнік noun (doorman)
- вахцёр noun (doorman)
- вахцёрка noun (doorman)
- дво́рнiк noun (caretaker)
Bulgarian
3 entries- портие́р noun (doorman)
- портие́рка noun (doorman)
- разси́лен noun (caretaker)
Catalan
1 entries- bidell noun (caretaker)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 清潔工 /清洁工 noun (caretaker)
- 看門人 /看门人 noun (doorman)
- 管理人 noun (caretaker)
- 門房 /门房 noun (doorman)
Czech
4 entries- domovnice noun (caretaker)
- domovník noun (caretaker)
- domácí noun (caretaker)
- dveřník noun (doorman)
Danish
4 entries- pedel noun (caretaker)
- portner noun (doorman)
- varmemester noun (caretaker)
- vicevært noun (caretaker)
Dutch
2 entries- conciërge noun (caretaker)
- portier noun (doorman)
Finnish
4 entries- huoltomies noun (caretaker)
- ovenvartija noun (doorman)
- ovimies noun (doorman)
- portieeri noun (doorman)
French
3 entries- concierge noun (caretaker)
- portier noun (doorman)
- portière noun (doorman)
Georgian
4 entries- კარისკაცი noun (doorman)
- მეეზოვე noun (caretaker)
- მეკარე noun (doorman)
- შვეიცარი noun (doorman)
German
4 entries- Hausmeister noun (caretaker)
- Hausmeisterin noun (caretaker)
- Hauswart noun (caretaker)
- Hauswartin noun (caretaker)
Hungarian
4 entries- gondnok noun (caretaker)
- házfelügyelő noun (caretaker)
- kapus noun (doorman)
- portás noun (doorman)
Indonesian
2 entries- marbut noun (caretaker)
- pesuruh noun (caretaker)
Irish
1 entries- doirseoir noun (doorman)
Italian
1 entries- bidello noun (caretaker)
Japanese
4 entries- ドアマン noun (doorman)
- 校務員 noun (caretaker)
- 玄関番 noun (doorman)
- 用務員 noun (caretaker)
Korean
3 entries- 관리인 noun (caretaker)
- 도어맨 noun (doorman)
- 문지기 noun (doorman)
Macedonian
4 entries- вра́тар noun (doorman)
- до́мар noun (caretaker)
- по́ртир noun (doorman)
- при́служник noun (caretaker)
Maltese
1 entries- purtinar noun (caretaker)
Persian
1 entries- دربان noun (doorman)
Polish
4 entries- odźwierny noun (doorman)
- portier noun (doorman)
- portierka noun (doorman)
- woźna noun (caretaker)
Portuguese
2 entries- porteiro noun (doorman)
- zelador noun (caretaker)
Quechua
1 entries- pichaq noun (caretaker)
Romanian
4 entries- gardian noun (caretaker)
- om de serviciu noun (caretaker)
- portar noun (doorman)
- păzitor noun (caretaker)
Russian
4 entries- вахтёр noun (doorman)
- вахтёрша noun (doorman)
- дво́рник noun (caretaker)
- консье́рж noun (doorman)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dòmār noun (caretaker)
- pòrtīr noun (doorman)
- vràtār noun (doorman)
- вра̀та̄р noun (doorman)
Slovak
4 entries- domovník noun (caretaker)
- domovníčka noun (caretaker)
- domáca noun (caretaker)
- domáci noun (caretaker)
Slovene
1 entries- vratar noun (doorman)
Spanish
4 entries- aseador noun (caretaker)
- bedel noun (caretaker)
- conserje noun (caretaker)
- janitor (Americanism) noun (caretaker)
Swedish
4 entries- dörrvakt noun (doorman)
- entrévärd noun (doorman)
- lokalvårdare noun (caretaker)
- städare noun (caretaker)
Tagalog
2 entries- dyanitor noun (caretaker)
- tagalinis noun (caretaker)
Turkish
2 entries- hademe noun (caretaker)
- hizmetli noun (caretaker)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вахте́р noun (doorman)
- вахте́рка noun (doorman)
- двірни́к noun (caretaker)
- консьє́рж noun (doorman)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom is a school janitor.
Source: tatoeba (1396044)
Even though he has a college degree, Tom works as a janitor.
Source: tatoeba (1545343)
Don't ask me. I'm just the janitor.
Source: tatoeba (1860522)
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.
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