Synonyms of handmade

handmade

adjective

ˈhan(d)-ˈmād 

as in homemade

created by a hand process rather than by a machine

received a handmade sweater at the baby shower

Synonyms & Similar Words

• homemade
• handcrafted
• crafted
• handwrought
• manual
• custom-made
• custom-built
• bespoke
• man-made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• automatic
• machined
• mass-produced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handmade

The visual effects artists and animators then got to work creating digital Martians that would have the handmade, idiosyncratic style Burton originally intended to achieve with stop-motion. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

Every day that the weather allows, Jose David Morales-Ortiz, 65, will hang around a dozen canvases on his fence and sit outside for hours, selling original paintings and other handmade trinkets to passersby. — Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Verve Culture’s Mahjong set pairs handmade wooden tiles with a mango wood storage box that feels worlds away from the plastic versions many of us grew up with. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026

Princess Margaret’s grandson, Sam Chatto, proposed to his girlfriend Eleanor Ekserdijan with a handmade porcelain engagement ring. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026