Synonyms for typographer
Most common
setter compositor typesetter typographist printer typewriter
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Typesetter
2. Typo — A person skilled in typography, a typesetter
typographist, typo informal dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A person skilled in typography, a typesetter.
- n. 2
A typewriter.
Related words
- Word family
- typo
Forms
- Plural
- typographers → typesetters, compositors, setters, typographists…
Example sentences
- printer My laser printer can only handle black and white.
- typewriter Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| typographer | falling | |
| setter | steady | |
| compositor | falling | |
| typesetter | falling | |
| printer | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- typo2
- 6 letters
- setter2
- 7 letters
- printer2
- 10 letters
- typewriter3, compositor, typesetter
- 12 letters
- typographist
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (typo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- typographe
- Italiano
- tipografo
- Español
- tipógrafo
- Deutsch
- Schriftsetzer