Synonyms for craft
Most common
art craftiness skill talent trade handicraft ability craftsmanship
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Craftiness — intellectual power; skill; art. Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile…
art, craftiness, skill, talent, guile, cunning, dexterity, subtlety, technique, dodge, wile, proficiency, knack, competence, aptitude, readiness, artifice, tact, cleverness, shift, trickery, shrewdness
2. Trade — A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes…
trade, handicraft, business, profession, vocation, employment, occupation, calling
3. Ability — intellectual power; skill; art. Occult art, magic
ability, black art, facility, capability, capacity, prowess, wizardry, sorcery, jugglery dated, goety dated, dwimmer dated
4. Craftsmanship — skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession
Definitions
- n. 1
Intellectual power; skill; art. Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
- n. 2
Intellectual power; skill; art. Occult art, magic .
- n. 3
Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
The craft of writing plays.
- n. 4
A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
He learned his craft as an apprentice.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- crafts → arts, craftinesses, skills, talents…
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A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- technique The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring.
- skill Has Tom started learning a new skill for survival?
- craftiness We offer a contest of craftiness and agility.
- handicraft I took a handicraft course last year.
- strength I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- vessel The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| craft | steady | |
| technique | falling | |
| skill | steady | |
| craftiness | rising | |
| handicraft | falling | |
| strength | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- art1, hex1
- 4 letters
- boat1, tact1, wile1
- 5 letters
- power2, trade1, shift1, skill1, charm1, dodge1, guild1, knack1, guile1, goety
- 6 letters
- talent2, vessel2
- 7 letters
- calling2, ability4, cunning2, prowess2, sorcery3, potence, dwimmer
- 8 letters
- business2, strength1, capacity4, facility4, aptitude3, vocation3, subtlety3, talisman3, trickery3, wizardry3, artifice3, jugglery
- 9 letters
- technique2, readiness3, dexterity4, craftwork
- 10 letters
- employment3, occupation4, profession3, capability5, competence3, cleverness3, handicraft3, shrewdness2, craftiness
- 11 letters
- proficiency4, workmanship3
- 13 letters
- craftsmanship3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power2 = 2 syllables).