Synonyms for switchman
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Noun
1. Yard jockey — A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard
yard jockey, switcher, hostler, shunter UK
Other
pointsman UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
Related words
- Word family
- switcher
Forms
- Plural
- switchmen → switchers, hostlers, shunters, pointsmen…
By length
- 7 letters
- hostler2, shunter
- 8 letters
- switcher2
- 9 letters
- pointsman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hostler2 = 2 syllables).