CARPENTER Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

carpenter

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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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These shifts are good news for Democratic candidates who are hammering an increasingly unpopular president — and by extension, his party.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Democrats hope to flip majorities in both the House and the Senate by hammering the GOP over affordability, gas prices and inflation.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hammer

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Officials said during the Oval Office event that building the pipeline will take three years and that exports of liquified natural gas would begin two years after that -- but that was dependent on financing coming through fully.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
In the hands of the Great Gulf Group, Shift has been untended since it was built, an object of neglect.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of build

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Young minds are getting molded right there in the stadium, and on that field.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of mold

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The furniture, all bespoke and manufactured by the owner in Surabaya, feels comfortably residential yet quite refined.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
In response to Russia’s attacks, Ukraine has fired its long-range drones at manufacturing plants deep inside Russia and has targeted Russia’s drone launch sites.

— Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of manufacture

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To date, most analyses have compared patients’ genomes against a standard DNA sequence constructed from a limited number of people.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
By mimicking the oarfish’s fluid control, Shepherd’s team aims to construct large, silent robotic monitors capable of observing fragile ocean ecosystems without ever disturbing the wildlife inside them.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of construct

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
They are accused of forging seals and official documents and said Huy had an Australian passport while Thuan had a Norwegian one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of forge

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But there’s a section of downtown that was fashioned like Art Deco, New York.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Or Timothée Chalamet at the 2025 SAG Awards, who fashioned a vintage Cartier Libre Féline watch into a bolo tie—paired with a leather Chrome Hearts suit.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

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