Synonyms for knacker
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Breaker — one who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components
breaker, car breaker UK, ship-breaker, wrecker, scrapper, salvor, salvager
2. Slaughterer — one who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh…
Definitions
- n. 1
One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman
- n. 2
One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker
- n. 3
A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
Related words
- Phrases
- knacker's yard
Forms
- Plural
- knackers → breakers, ship-breakers, wreckers, scrappers…
Example sentences
- breaker It never occurred to me that he was a prison-breaker.
- wrecker I wanted to call him a home wrecker to his face.
By length
- 5 letters
- scobe
- 6 letters
- dauber2, salvor
- 7 letters
- breaker2, clapper2, wrecker2
- 8 letters
- scrapper, toymaker3, saddlery, salvager3
- 11 letters
- slaughterer
- 12 letters
- slaughterman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dauber2 = 2 syllables).