HANDCRAFTS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

handcrafts 1 of 2

noun

plural of handcraft

as in crafts

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands we learned about traditional handcrafts like barrel-making and leather-working at the colonial history museum

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verb

present tense third-person singular of handcraft

as in manufactures

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Recent Examples of handcrafts

Noun

Linoto handcrafts all their offerings in upstate New York with high-quality Italian and Belgian linen—their sheets have made our list of the best linen bedding for years. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026 An introverted child, Ortiz grew up enjoying painting and handcrafts, as well as having an interest in engineering and how things are built. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Founded by master independent Rexhep Rexhepi, the Swiss atelier handcrafts fewer than 30 watches a year—most, if not all, of which are fitted with complex mechanical complications. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026 These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The luxury boot brand uses real leather and handcrafts every pair of boots. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025 Don’t be surprised if you’re lured into boutiques purveying exclusive fashions, vintage jewelry, handcrafts, décor, artisanal foods, and art. — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcrafts

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

Definition of crafts

Noun

For many people in the city’s arts community, Tim Miner is synonymous with the Charlotte Is Creative arts networking nonprofit he co-founded.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Several members of the family have been noted personalities in arts and culture.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

Definition of arts

Verb

As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

Definition of pieces

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Other textures considered, Dulude-De Celles also fashions a film about exile and estrangement and sacrificing one’s identity in pursuit of self-preservation, about what a place can do to people.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The collision of genres fashions a delicate niche, but Planet X’s most striking moments are its most deconstructed.

— Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of fashions

Verb

The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.

— Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.

— Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of produces

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Pulitzer-Prize finalist Daniel Mason molds his new novel around Miles Krzelewski, married to a Stanford academic superstar, twelve years tardy on his dissertation.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
The startup takes existing waste such as rice husks, turns them into further mush and then molds them into things like forks and spoons.

— Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

Definition of molds

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The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.

— Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026

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