CARPENTER Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

carpenter

verb

Definition of carpenter

as in to hammer

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Recent Examples of carpenter With a dedicated ad campaign fronted by Clint 419, the founder of steetwear brand Corteiz, and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, the collection is comprised of about 18 looks spanning outerwear, overshirts, utility vests, jeans and carpenter denim pants. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 The drama is something that seems to be leaking from the very forms so elaborately carpentered to contain it. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 June 2017

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So instead, Ziegfeld brought video of their snake-charming act, then hammered home their carnival sideshow bona fides by knocking a nail into their own nasal cavity in what was called the Human Blockhead act.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
During an interview last month in Cincinnati, Li said Boluda kept hammering home the message that tennis is supposed to be fun.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of hammer

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Kanin Energy has raised up to $100 million in new equity financing to develop, build and operate waste heat-to-power and other on-site power projects across Canada and the US.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Trump also plans to build a triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and is eyeing a golf course renovation along the Potomac River.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of build

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An omakase meal at Morihiro taught me that the rice is actually the most important part of any sushi experience, and no one molds it with it as much panache as chef Morihiro Onodera.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But what’s increasingly apparent is how Kalshi and Polymarket’s place in culture is allowing the platforms to mold both their cultural image and public perception around gambling, one trade at a time.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of mold

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Custom designs for specialized systems Rather than being limited to standard optical shapes, the sapphire components can be manufactured in a variety of configurations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Under current law, cars manufactured before the 1975 model year are already exempt from smog check requirements.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of manufacture

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The new financing is intended to expand that pipeline while allowing Kanin to finance, develop, construct, and operate the projects itself.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Working through an entire day and night, the pair construct an elaborate means of floating the heavy boxes down a river on a raft built from wooden pallets, steel drums, and propane tanks.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of construct

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The truth is that reputation is often shaped long before a potential customer visits the company website or social media channels.

— Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Everyone from the president of the New York Yankees (Randy Levine) to an oil billionaire (Cody Campbell) to a private equity firm (Smash Capital) is shaping the future of college athletics with no meaningful input from actual college athletes.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of shape

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These and other efforts built on the experience and trust forged through decades of policy battles, including the tobacco settlement, even if the dollars weren’t involved.

— Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026
The late Henry Kissinger initially made his name as an academic writing about nuclear arms control during the Cold War, and latterly forged his reputation as the architect of US-China detente.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of forge

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This one was fashioned into a makeshift purse by an Athens, Georgia, drag queen to collect donations for HIV research.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2026
Get to the creepy hospital’s 48th floor, where a laboratory may be able to fashion a cure for this viral outbreak turning people into the walking, running, jumping, chomping dead.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

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