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Synonyms for stevedore

Most common

dock worker freighter docker dockhand

All synonyms

Noun

Other

longshoreman US, wharfie informal AU NZ

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.

Forms

Plural
stevedores → dockers, freighters, loaders, dockhands…

Example sentences

  • freighter The freighter transports goods across the sea.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stevedorefalling
freightersteady
dockerrising
dockhandsteady

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

By length

6 letters
loader2, docker2, lumper2
7 letters
wharfie
8 letters
dockhand
9 letters
freighter2
12 letters
longshoreman

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loader2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
stevedore