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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In theory, La Roja should have hammered Cape Verde – but that’s not what happened.

— Ainsley Flood, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
But by leaving out Clark, people start hammering their socials, thereby injecting Ion and the WNBA into people's feeds.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of hammer

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McCaleb and co-editors Skip Macdonald and Joey Liew, along with Golubić, continued to build sequences from scratch, allowing silence, dialogue, sound design or music to occur naturally depending on the needs of each scene.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Our children are building relationships with technology before many of us have begun conversations about identity, judgment, values and character.

— Aiko Bethea, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of build

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Bitingly funny in its comedy and wistful in its drama, the film rests on the delicate performance of newcomer Verma, a diminutive, age-appropriate actor who molds Ilyas in captivating ways.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Glove flats are intended to fit your foot like, well, a glove, molding to its natural shape.

— Anna Traver, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of mold

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The bus, manufactured in Fort Valley, beat out runner-up TifTuf drought-tolerant Bermuda grass in a final round.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
More than 150 of the charter aircraft are large-cabin and ultra-long-haul jets manufactured by Bombardier, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Dassault.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of manufacture

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In the first part of the proposal, Wyden wants to remove existing tax incentives for constructing data centers, for instance, making it so that assets purchased for data centers are not immediately eligible for write-off.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Shamelessness has been central to Trump’s business and political success, and his reaction to setbacks is to deny objective facts and construct fantasies of achievement.

— KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of construct

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Careers often carry more of our identity than realized, shaping daily life and self-perception.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Having sought to upend the global maritime order — the underpinning of the global goods trade, energy flows, food supplies, and internet communications — China now seeks the trust of smaller countries to shape the digital one.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of shape

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Italy has also pointed to Ceuta to push forward a controversial plan, forged in Italy's partnership with Albania, to move migrant screenings outside of the EU.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Rumor has long held that some of Coltrane’s final works were forged under the shivery benison of LSD.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of forge

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Lagerfeld and the expansion to fashion In 1965 the Fendi sisters brought on Lagerfeld as Fendi’s first artistic director in order to modernize the fur line.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
But opening credits notwithstanding, Schoenbrun and their cast aren’t trying to fashion a wax museum with a pulse.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

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