Thesaurus results for HANDYMAN

handyman

noun

ˈhan-dē-ˌman

as in doctor

a person who does general repairs or maintenance work hired a handyman to paint the porch, clean the gutters, and replace the broken window

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Recent Examples of handyman Gales, who was homeless and worked for the family as a handyman, was the other suspect. —

Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026 Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a handyman going through the motions of living until the death of his brother. —

Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026 Elizabeth Smart’s infamous 2002 kidnapping in Utah was carried out by a man later identified as a handyman who had previously worked at the family’s home. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Her husband, Jim, gave up on his fledgling handyman business and started looking for a job with insurance coverage. —

Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handyman

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doctor

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Minnelli haggled with doctors for extra pills, was left home alone with her infant sister, and once used garden shears to slice open a screen window when Garland locked herself in a bathroom, threatening to overdose.

— Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
Gilbert had a few cancer scares in the early 2010s, with the guitarist even getting part of his thyroid removed after doctors discovered some suspicious cells.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026