Synonyms of crafts

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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
• yachts
• kayaks
• rafts
• schooners
• ferries
• watercrafts
• taxis
• cutters
• lifeboats
• cruisers
• sailboats
• barges
• rowboats
• gigs
• shells
• ketches
• skiffs
• coracles
• bateaux
• dinghies
• pirogues
• catboats
• flatboats
• surfboats
• paddleboats
• pontoons
• dhows
• dories
• prams
• bottoms
• motorboats
• catamarans
• sampans
• tubs
• pinnaces
• dinks
• punts
• riverboats
• tender
• longboats
• powerboats
• outboards
• houseboats
• shallops
• scows
• tugboats
• wherries
• auxiliaries
• yawls
• sculls
• umiaks
• dugouts
• workboats
• piraguas
• launches
• tugs
• lighters
• water taxis
• rowing boats
• ferryboats
• towboats
• keelboats
• inboards
• whalers
• outriggers
• gondolas
• bankers
• hookers
• caïques
• curraghs
• whaleboats
• 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

Families already had a lot to like about this Mexican Caribbean resort, including oceanfront guest rooms, multiple pools, and daily programming for children with activities like crafts, piñata making, and cookie decorating. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Tom Cruise is known to be a student of film, the rare movie star who likes to speak at length about camera lenses and the crafts behind filmmaking. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026

Another male figure, Lugh of the Long Arm, a god of light and master of many crafts in Celtic mythology, is the antithesis of the lizard demon and protects her during her transformation into a dragon. — Tina Eves, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Delicious meals aren’t the only things Meghan Markle crafts with love — her wardrobe receives plenty of TLC, too. — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Display your pool noodle crafts on your porch or in the middle of your yard—the pool noodles will hold up even in the rainiest of autumn weather. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2026

Brands should share these approaches with their customers, celebrating local fibers and crafts with place-identifying labels and enabling traceability rooted in the land and community. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

Explore unique crafts, goods and gifts from more than 15 local vendors while sampling holiday treats and summer sweets. — Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

Prime Video’s The Boys also will be looking to add more hardware for its fifth and final season with five nominations in crafts category and stunts. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026

Verb

Still the Right Stuff no longer crafts these legacy jackets, but this garment is a testament to the vintage flight jackets that inspired fashion around the world. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Luiselli crafts a novel of ideas that challenges the very idea of narrative, yet one that bristles with raw feeling. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Dining Chef Tony Candray Marenco crafts a colorful farm-to-table menu for ceviche and poke bowls, largely made with ingredients from their on-property vegetable garden. — Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026

And as the 60-something Tony, Gregory North crafts a character who is equal parts stubborn and manipulative, and kind and generous. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026

Stärke starts with a 982-generation 718 Boxster, removes its body panels, and carefully crafts its strategy from there, though all of the seals and hinges are original equipment from Porsche. — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 27 May 2026

Tackling heavy themes, including guilt and sins of the past, writer-director Rian Johnson crafts a rich story that transcends the surface-level reveals of whodunit. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026

Rosenberg crafts these two characters with realistic resonance, though his film veers into sentimentality and some plot points are too coincidental to be entirely believable. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 May 2026

Sculptor Maddy Inez, granddaughter of Betye Saar, crafts a series of ceramic vessels — each an ode to different plants brought over during the transatlantic slave trade — reframing gardening as an act of resistance. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026