as in doctor
a person who does general repairs or maintenance work
hired a handyman to paint the porch, clean the gutters, and replace the broken window
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Recent Examples of handyman
Peters, 71, a neighborhood handyman who repaired old clocks and restored antique furniture, had let Rogers stay in his house.
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Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
By Silvia Marchetti | CNN A bargain-price home in a beautiful town — with a cleaner and a handyman thrown in for good measure — would be enough of a deal for many people to make the leap to Italy, but American Keith Richardson had one other key requirement.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
More information is coming to light about the gruesome killing of an 82-year-old Washington state woman who was found buried in concrete inside a shed, leading to the arrest of her handyman.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Investigators said on April 1 that Marcia Norman had dinner with her handyman, Jeffrey Zizz.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
By Silvia Marchetti | CNN A bargain-price home in a beautiful town — with a cleaner and a handyman thrown in for good measure — would be enough of a deal for many people to make the leap to Italy, but American Keith Richardson had one other key requirement.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
More information is coming to light about the gruesome killing of an 82-year-old Washington state woman who was found buried in concrete inside a shed, leading to the arrest of her handyman.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Investigators said on April 1 that Marcia Norman had dinner with her handyman, Jeffrey Zizz.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handyman
doctor
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Kennedy praised that doctor and his methods in a visit to the region.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Drawing from obscure archival material, the episode outlines how a group of Dutch experts, most of them doctors and chemists, helped improve and formalise distillation techniques in Scotland.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Handyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handyman. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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