DO-IT-YOURSELFER Synonyms: 12 Similar Words

do-it-yourselfer

noun

Definition of do-it-yourselfer

as in repairman

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Recent Examples of do-it-yourselfer One do-it-yourselfer demonstrating step-by-step how to rewire an electrical outlet via a TikTok video replaces thousands of dads and grandpas who could do the same thing. — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Down the street, metal striking concrete rattles the air as a repairman unloads a ladder.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026
The 1959 image features his father, a shoe repairman, in a wooden chair reading the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión, while his side profile casts a shadow on a vintage console to his side.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of repairman

Noun

The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Kelly gave the example that six years ago NIPSCO employed 230 linemen and now there are approximately 180, a 22% decrease, and gas servicemen are down from the 180 the company budgeted for just a few years ago to 143.

— Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of serviceman

Noun

The first crew operated through Bayron Bennett, a handyman who provided services for Pino’s yacht excursions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
In the tiny community of Lipan, Texas, west of Dallas, Kim Solis and her husband have a handyman-and-home-remodel business and get their insurance on the marketplace.

— Ali Swenson, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of handyman

Noun

Kate McKenna is a first-time homeowner, avid decorator, beginner renovator, and proud mom to a baby girl and a corgi.

— Kate McKenna Published, The Spruce, 15 Sep. 2026
Shades of Green Sara McDaniel, designer, renovator, and creator of Simply Southern Cottage, says shades of green will be taking home exteriors by storm in 2026.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026

Definition of renovator

Noun

Thompson’s mother, a schoolteacher, and his father, an auto mechanic, had never been able to register and vote.

— Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
That's when the shooter turned around and opened fire on the mechanic's truck, before heading toward the school.

— Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

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