craftsman

1. 1.

   a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

   “as an actor he was a consummate craftsman”

   Broaderprofessional
2. 2.

   a creator of great skill in the manual arts

   “the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen”

   Synonymscrafter

   Broadercreator
3. 3.

   a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

   Synonymsartisanjourneymanartificer

   Broaderskilled worker

   Narrowerbeauticianbookbinderbricklayerclocksmithcoachbuilderconstruction workercoopercoppersmithcurrierdiemaker

Other forms of craftsman

plural

craftsmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about craftsman

What does craftsman mean?

craftsman means "a professional whose work is consistently of high quality". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in craftsman?

craftsman has 2 syllables: craft-sman. The stress falls on "craft". In IPA it is /ˈkɹæftsmən/.

What is another word for craftsman?

Close synonyms include crafter, artisan, journeyman, artificer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is craftsman a common word?

craftsman is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.