Synonyms for lumber

Most common

wood · timber · millwork · baseball bat · pawn

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.

Related words

Word family

lumberjack lumberly lumberman lumbermill lumbersome lumbering

Phrases

dimensional lumber dimension lumber lumber jacket

Forms

Plural

lumbers → timbers, woods, trashes, rubbishes…

Example sentences

• wood The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
• timber Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.
• pawn Yanni and Skura were using their child as a pawn.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

wood¹, pawn¹

5 letters

trash¹

6 letters

timber²

7 letters

rubbish²

8 letters

millwork

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timber² = 2 syllables).