Tom, you're the duster this week. Mary, you're the sweeper. I'm the dishwasher.
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Sweeper
//ˈswipɚ//
Synonyms for "sweeper" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (6)
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1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
35 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَنَّاس noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Bulgarian
2 entries- метач noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- метач noun (in soccer)
Catalan
2 entries- defensa lliure noun (in soccer)
- escombriaire noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Finnish
4 entries- lakaisija noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- libero noun (in soccer)
- nuohooja noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- siivooja noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
French
3 entries- balayeur noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- libero noun (in soccer)
- libéro noun (in soccer)
German
4 entries- Ausputzer noun (in soccer)
- Kaminkehrer noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- Libero noun (in soccer)
- Putzfrau noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Italian
2 entries- libero noun (in soccer)
- spazzino noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Māori
2 entries- kaitahi noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- kaitahi para noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Romanian
2 entries- măturător noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- măturători noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Russian
4 entries- подмета́льщик noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- подмета́льщица noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- трубочи́ст noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
- трубочи́стка noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Spanish
1 entries- barrendero noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Swedish
2 entries- libero noun (in soccer)
- sopare noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Wolof
1 entries- balekat noun (one who sweeps floors or chimneys)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Where did you put the sweeper?
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This sweeper is awfully loud.
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The street sweeper cleaned the road every morning.
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Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
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