Synonyms of lumberman

lumberman

noun

ˈləm-bər-mən 

as in logger

a person whose job is to cut down trees

a lumberman who supervises the rest of the team during logging season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• logger
• lumberjack
• lumberer
• forester
• jack
• sawyer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lumberman

The history of gubernatorial candidates and winners in Wisconsin is replete with mayors, merchants, lawyers, lumbermen, publishers, educators, industrialists, secretaries of state, attorneys general and lieutenant governors. — Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion. — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025

At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau. — Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025

In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024