Synonyms for digger

Most common

shovel · power shovel · excavator · crate-digger · backhoe

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

Related words

Phrases

gold-digger digger pine digger wasp potato digger mussel digger mini digger

Forms

Plural

diggers → excavators, shovels, backhoes, crate-diggers…

Example sentences

• shovel Tom said that he had a shovel in his pickup truck.
• excavator Sami was digging up his yard with an excavator.
• backhoe You run that backhoe like a concert violinist plays a concerto.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

shovel²

7 letters

backhoe²

9 letters

excavator⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shovel² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tractopelle