Synonyms of crafts

crafts 1 of 2

noun

plural of craft

1

as in arts

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands

an expert in the craft of cabinetmaking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arts
• skills
• trades
• handicrafts
• handcrafts
• occupations
• professions
• vocations
• métiers
• callings

2

as in boats

a small buoyant structure for travel on water

borrowed a craft to get across the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boats
• vessels
• canoes
• kayaks
• yachts
• rafts
• watercrafts
• schooners
• taxis
• ferries
• cutters
• sailboats
• cruisers
• lifeboats
• rowboats
• gigs
• ketches
• skiffs
• barges
• coracles
• shells
• bateaux
• dinghies
• pirogues
• catboats
• flatboats
• surfboats
• paddleboats
• pontoons
• dhows
• prams
• dories
• bottoms
• motorboats
• catamarans
• sampans
• pinnaces
• dinks
• riverboats
• longboats
• tender
• powerboats
• outboards
• punts
• houseboats
• shallops
• scows
• tubs
• tugboats
• wherries
• yawls
• auxiliaries
• sculls
• umiaks
• dugouts
• workboats
• piraguas
• lighters
• launches
• tugs
• water taxis
• rowing boats
• ferryboats
• towboats
• keelboats
• inboards
• whalers
• outriggers
• gondolas
• bankers
• caïques
• curraghs
• whaleboats
• hookers
• narrow boats
• torpedo boats
• hoys
• assault boats
• PT boats
• trawlers
• johnboats
• keels
• jolly boats
• luggers
• shrimpers
• hydroplanes
• bumboats
• airboats
• seiners
• gillnetters
• hovercrafts
• draggers
• garveys
• cockleshells
• hydrofoils
• scallopers
• cobles
• air-cushion vehicles

crafts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of craft

as in prepares

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

spent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepares
• composes
• drafts
• writes
• frames
• casts
• formulates
• fashions
• shapes
• puts together
• draws up
• forms
• pens
• words
• authors
• sculptures
• molds
• makes
• phrases
• builds
• constructs
• states
• devises
• fabricates
• assembles
• verbalizes
• concocts
• expresses
• couches
• compounds
• conceives
• pieces (together)
• indites
• reformulates
• redrafts
• reframes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crafts

Noun

Other festival highlights include a giant pumpkin regatta, glass making workshop, grape stomping competition, pumping carving, a youth makers market, crafts, face painting and bumper boats. — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2026

In a voice at once biting and contemplative, eerie and funny, Kasischke crafts poems in which nothing is ever stable or resolved. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Visitors can browse apparel, artisan goods, baked treats, and boutique treasures to handmade crafts, home décor, home fragrances, jewelry, permanent jewelry, glass art, wood art, candles, stationery, vintage finds, and much more. — Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Fall also means events like the Ellijay Bacon Festival, Georgia Apple Festival, and Apple Arts Festival where visitors can find crafts and all kinds of good eats. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

To my mind, the true mother of all crafts is cooking, particularly in Guadalajara, which is, beyond any doubt, among the best food cities in Mexico and, by extension, the hemisphere, if not the world. — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

Even a famous artist’s colony and school in the northern part of the city had ceased making furniture and crafts, instead building wooden tail assemblies for planes as metal became scarce. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Lines formed outside of Daisy Chain Reaction, the area where the nonprofits invited attendees to learn about their organizations while participating in crafts like assembling daisy chains and making flower crowns. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026

This includes pyrotechnics, miniatures, and animatronics to special makeup effects, forced perspective sets and other practical crafts. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

On Michigan Avenue in West Dearborn, Seltz Soda Club crafts colorful dirty sodas — fizzy, nonalcoholic seltzer waters swirled with an assortment of syrups and creams. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Drawing on classic trial films and cartoon lore, director Dave Green crafts an underdog story that mirrors the movie’s own David-versus-Goliath journey from studio discard to theatrical release. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Through her film that moves fluidly between re-enactments and verite documentary styles, Duong crafts an emotionally-wrenching story of family division that leads to peace and healing for a father who left behind siblings in Vietnam. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Known for her candid lyrics and conversational vocal tone, Bridgers crafts her music with acoustic guitar at its core and weaves in lush string arrangements and layers of electronic sounds. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

Power is concentrated in the hands of the army chief, who crafts critical security policies – including on counterterrorism – behind closed doors. — Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

Yet, there’s more to be explored behind the bar as the resort also crafts its own gin, Gin del Drago, produced from Italian juniper harvested directly from the surrounding forest. — Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Through effortless magnetism, and extraordinary emotional precision, this actor crafts a character who belongs as much to the sea as the shore. — William Earl, Variety, 25 July 2026