Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.
Source: tatoeba (433654)
Plumber
/ˈplʌm.ɚ/
Synonyms for "plumber" (10 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: builder, craftsman, flusher, handyman, leadworker.
- Sentence evidence is available for plumber, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "plumber".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "plumber"
Keep "plumber" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "plumber" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "plumber", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "plumber" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesMore specific
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Collocations
6 entriescopper pipingdrain cleaninglicensed plumberplumbing codeplumbing systemwater heater installation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- loodgieter noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Arabic
2 entries- سَبَّاك noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- مَواسِرجي noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Basque
1 entries- iturgin noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Belarusian
3 entries- вадаправо́днік noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- вадаправо́дчык noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- сантэ́хнік noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- водопрово́дчик noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Burmese
1 entries- ရေပိုက်သမား noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Catalan
3 entries- lampista noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- llauner noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- plomer noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 水暖工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- 水管工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- 管子工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- 鉛管工 /铅管工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Czech
2 entries- instalatér noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- instalatérka noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Danish
1 entries- blikkenslager noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Dutch
1 entries- loodgieter noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Esperanto
2 entries- plumbisto noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- tubisto noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Estonian
2 entries- torumees noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- turulukksepp noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Finnish
2 entries- putkiasentaja noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- putkimies noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
French
3 entries- homme à pipe noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- plombier noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- tuyauteur noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Galician
1 entries- fontaneiro noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Georgian
1 entries- მეწყალსადენე noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
German
4 entries- Installateur noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- Klempner noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- Klempnerin noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- Spengler noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Greek
1 entries- υδραυλικός noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְׁרַבְרַב noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Hindi
4 entries- कसेरा noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- नलकार noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- नलसाज़ noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- प्लंबर noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Hungarian
4 entries- gázszerelő noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- víz(vezeték)- és gázszerelő noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- víz-gáz szerelő noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- vízvezeték-szerelő noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Icelandic
1 entries- pípari noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Irish
1 entries- pluiméir noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Italian
1 entries- idraulico noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Japanese
2 entries- 配管工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- 鉛管工 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Kazakh
1 entries- су құбыршы noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Korean
2 entries- 배관공 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- 연관공 noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Latin
1 entries- plumbārius noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- santechnikas noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Macedonian
2 entries- водоводџија noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- водоинстала́тер noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Maltese
1 entries- plamer noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Māori
3 entries- kaiaka kōrere noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- kaiaka paipa noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- mataaro kōrere noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rørlegger noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- røyrleggjar noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Occitan
1 entries- plombièr noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Persian
1 entries- لولهکش noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Polish
1 entries- hydraulik noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Portuguese
2 entries- canalizador noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- encanador noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Romanian
2 entries- instalator noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- tinichigiu noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Russian
2 entries- водопрово́дчик noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- санте́хник noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Slovak
2 entries- inštalatér noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- inštalatérka noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Slovene
4 entries- vodoinštalater noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- vodoinštalaterka noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- vodovodar noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- vodovodarka noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Spanish
4 entries- fontanero noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- gasfitero noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- gásfiter noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- plomero noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Swahili
1 entries- fundi bomba noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Swedish
1 entries- rörmokare noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Tagalog
1 entries- tubero noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Tajik
2 entries- водопроводсоз noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- водопроводчӣ noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Turkish
1 entries- tesisatçı noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- водопрові́дник noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- санте́хнік noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Urdu
2 entries- نل کار noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- پلمبر noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Uzbek
1 entries- vodoprovodchi noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thợ sửa ống nước noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Volapük
3 entries- hirüdan noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- jirüdan noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- rüdan noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Welsh
1 entries- plymer noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Yiddish
3 entries- אינסטאַלאַטאָר noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- סאַנטעכניק noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
- רערן־שלאָסער noun (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The plumber pumped the water out of the pipe.
Source: tatoeba (681811)
The plumber used many tools to fix our sink.
Source: tatoeba (682195)
If you can't fix the pipe, we'll have to call a plumber.
Source: tatoeba (1178288)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "plumber"?
Closest matches include builder, craftsman, flusher, handyman, leadworker.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "plumber"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.