Synonyms for fireman
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Smoke eater — someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire
2. Stoker — A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by…
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Definitions
- n. 1
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
- n. 2
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
The fireman's job was about to get very interesting; they had just run out of coal!
Related words
- Word family
- fireplug
- Phrases
- fireman's carry fireman's rule fireman's lift
Forms
- Plural
- firemen → stokers, bakeheads, boilermen…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fireman | falling | |
| stoker | falling | |
| boilerman | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- stoker2
- 8 letters
- bakehead
- 9 letters
- boilerman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stoker2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sapeur-pompier
- Deutsch
- Feuerwehr