Thesaurus
craft
Synonyms and Antonyms of craft
- an expert in the craft of cabinetmaking
calling, métier (also metier), occupation, profession, vocation
- borrowed a craft to get across the river
catboat, ketch, sailboat, schooner, yacht
bateau, caïque, canoe, catamaran, coracle, curragh (or currach), dhow, dinghy, dink, dory, dugout, flatboat, garvey, gig, johnboat, kayak, outrigger, paddleboat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon, pram, punt, raft, rowboat, rowing boat [chiefly British], sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, skiff, surfboat, umiak, wherry
cruiser, inboard, motorboat, outboard, powerboat
auxiliary, bumboat, cutter, jolly boat, launch, lifeboat, longboat, tender, yawl
barge, hoy, keel, keelboat, lighter, narrow boat [British]
ferry, ferryboat, gondola, taxi, water taxi
banker, coble, dragger, gillnetter, hooker, lugger, scalloper, seiner, shrimper, trawler, whaleboat, whaler, workboat
- never hesitated to resort to craft to get what they wanted in life
equivocation, lying, mendacity, prevarication
chicane, chicanery, fraudulence, hanky-panky, jugglery, legerdemain, mountebankery, obliquity, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery, wile
falsehood, falsity, fib, untruth
hypocrisy, insincerity, sanctimoniousness, two-facedness
artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), deviousness, shrewdness
treacherousness, underhandedness, unscrupulousness
covertness, furtiveness, secrecy, shadiness, sneakiness, stealthiness
oiliness, shiftiness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness
- celebrated in political circles for his craft, heʼs the legislator who knows how to get bills passed
artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness
- a really ingenious household appliance that shows a lot of craft on the part of its inventors
Synonym Discussion of craft
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- the art of choosing the right word
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- the skill of a glassblower
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- a mystery plotted with great cunning
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- believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice
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- the craft of a master goldsmith
craft
Synonyms and Antonyms of craft
- spent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student
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