Synonyms for woodman
Most common
forest ranger forester woodsman lumberjack woodcutter backwoodsman
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Woodsman — someone who lives in the wood and manages it; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a…
2. Woodcutter — someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
- n. 2
Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.
Related words
- Word family
- woodmancraft woodsman
Forms
- Plural
- woodmen → woodsmen, foresters, woodcutters, lumberjacks…
Example sentences
- lumberjack The lumberjack is cutting down the tree with ease.
- woodcutter The woodcutter fells a tree with an ax.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| woodman | steady | |
| forester | falling | |
| woodsman | rising | |
| lumberjack | rising | |
| woodcutter | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- wooder
- 8 letters
- forester3, woodsman2
- 10 letters
- lumberjack3, woodcutter
- 12 letters
- backwoodsman3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (forester3 = 3 syllables).