What does jack of all trades mean?

jack of all trades means "a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for jack of all trades?

Close synonyms include handyman, odd-job man. 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 jack of all trades a common word?

jack of all trades is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

jack of all trades — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

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2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
Broaderadult
2.
a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
Synonymshandyman odd-job man
Broaderrepairman

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