CRAFT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRAFT?

Need another word that means the same as “craft”? Find 62 synonyms and 30 related words for “craft” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Craft” are: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, trade, craftsmanship, workmanship, activity, pursuit, occupation, work, line, line of work, profession, job, business, line of business, employment, position, post, situation, career, métier, vocation, calling, skill, field, province, walk of life, facility, ability, capability, competence, art, technique, aptitude, talent, flair, gift, genius, cleverness, knack, standard, regular, normal, conservative, artfulness, deviousness, trickery, trickiness, boat, sailing boat, ship, yacht, watercraft, vessel, aircraft, machine, spacecraft, spaceship

Craft as a Noun

Definitions of "Craft" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “craft” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An activity involving skill in making things by hand.
• A boat or ship.
• A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
• Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
• Skills involved in carrying out one's work.
• The brotherhood of Freemasons.
• The members of a skilled profession.
• An aircraft or spaceship.
• People who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
• Denoting or relating to food or drink made in a traditional or non-mechanized way by an individual or a small company.
• Work or objects made by hand.
• The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
• Skill in an occupation or trade.
• Skill used in deceiving others.

Synonyms of "Craft" as a noun (62 Words)

ability	Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done. The manager had lost his ability to motivate the players.
activity	A thermodynamic quantity representing the effective concentration of a particular component in a solution or other system equal to its concentration multiplied by an activity coefficient. Respiratory activity.
aircraft	An aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight.
aptitude	A natural tendency. The aptitude of this society to assimilate new elements.
art	The products of human creativity works of art collectively. An art exhibition.
artfulness	The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage.
boat	A serving dish in the shape of a boat. A gravy boat.
business	Business concerns collectively. The banks are continuing to lose business.
calling	The action or sound of calling. He considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.
capability	The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. A graphics capability.
career	The time spent by a person in a career. He had a long career in the law.
cleverness	Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty. The cleverness of its design.
competence	The ability to do something successfully or efficiently. Courses to improve the competence of staff.
conservative	A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas. He was considered a conservative in his approach to Catholic teachings.
craftiness	The quality of being crafty.
craftsmanship	The quality of design and work shown in something made by hand; artistry. A piece of fine craftsmanship.
cunning	Skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit. What resources of energy and cunning it took just to survive.
deviousness	The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.
employment	A person’s trade or profession. He is looking for employment.
facility	A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose. The pianist played with great facility.
field	The force exerted or potentially exerted in a field. The diamond fields of South Africa.
flair	A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well. She dressed with flair.
foxiness	Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
genius	A natural talent. He sees Adams as the man s evil genius.
gift	The act of giving. That goal was an absolute gift.
guile	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. He gave it up as a bad job.
knack	A special way of doing something. He had a knack for communicating.
line	Denoting an image consisting of lines and solid areas with no gradation of tone. A line block.
line of business	Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising.
line of work	A particular kind of product or merchandise.
machine	A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine. Comedians are more than just laugh machines.
métier	An asset of special worth or utility.
normal	A line at right angles to a given line or surface. Her temperature was above normal.
occupation	The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power. He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game.
position	The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. Moved from third to fifth position.
post	The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby.
profession	A body of people engaged in a particular profession. His chosen profession of teaching.
province	Northern Ireland. I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train.
pursuit	An activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one. The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit.
regular	A regular patron. Pub regulars.
sailing boat	The activity of flying a glider.
ship	A spaceship. A cargo ship.
situation	A position of employment; a job. The situation between her and Jake had come to a head.
skill	The ability to do something well; expertise. The skill of a well trained boxer.
slyness	Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
spacecraft	A craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun.
spaceship	A spacecraft, especially one controlled by a crew.
standard	Used in names of newspapers. She was still in boarding school and had twice repeated the same standard.
talent	Natural aptitude or skill. Simon is a talent to watch.
technique	Skill or ability in a particular field. He has excellent technique.
trade	A trade wind. They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.
trickery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. The dealer resorted to trickery.
trickiness	The quality of being a slippery rascal. These puzzles are famous for their trickiness.
vessel	A tube in which a body fluid circulates. Lord use this lowly vessel let me serve You as You will.
vocation	A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. Her vocation as a poet.
walk of life	Careers in general.
watercraft	Skill in sailing and other activities which take place on water.
wiliness	A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe.
work	A place where work is done. Work equals force times distance.
workmanship	The degree of skill with which a product is made or a job done. Cracks on the motorway were caused by poor workmanship.
yacht	An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing. An eighty five foot diesel yacht.

Usage Examples of "Craft" as a noun

• The craft of cobbling.
• Craft brewing.
• A craft fair.
• A craft baker.
• The artist learned his craft in Holland.
• Sailing craft.
• The shop sells local crafts.
• Art and craft.
• He represented the craft of brewers.
• Her cousin was not her equal in guile and evasive craft.

Associations of "Craft" (30 Words)

accomplished	Highly skilled. An accomplished pianist.
adroit	Clever or skilful. An adroit technician.
artisan	(of food or drink) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way using high-quality ingredients. Britain s artisan cheeses.
artistry	A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation. The artistry of the pianist.
capability	The power or ability to do something. He had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people.
competence	The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually. Courses to improve the competence of staff.
craftsmanship	Skill in an occupation or trade. A piece of fine craftsmanship.
creativeness	The ability to create.
creativity	The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness. Firms are keen to encourage creativity.
customize	Make to specifications. The software can be customized to the developing needs of your students.
dexterity	Adroitness in using the hands. Her dexterity with chopsticks.
exquisite	Extremely beautiful and delicate. Exquisite jewel like portraits.
finesse	Great subtlety and tact in handling or manipulating people or difficult situations. Despite the administration s attempts to finesse its mishaps the public remained wary.
handmade	Made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality. Delicate handmade baby dresses.
ingenuity	The property of being ingenious. The ingenuity of Haydn s scoring.
knack	An acquired or natural skill at doing something. John had the enviable knack of falling asleep anywhere.
originality	The quality of being new and original (not derived from something else. He congratulated her on the originality of her costume.
proficiency	The quality of having great facility and competence. Practice greatly improves proficiency.
skill	A particular ability. Training firms are already seeing a boost from companies looking to skill employees in cloud technologies.
skilled	Having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a certain activity or task well. Skilled draughtsmen.
sleight	The use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive. Except by sleight of logic the two positions cannot be harmonized.
tact	Skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues. The inspector broke the news to me with tact and consideration.
talent	Natural aptitude or skill. I signed all the talent in Rome.
talented	Endowed with talent or talents. A talented young musician.
technical	Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood. An important technical achievement.
technique	A practical method or art applied to some particular task. The techniques used by Turner Rembrandt and Degas.
toolmaker	Someone skilled in making or repairing tools.
virtuosity	Technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso. A performance of considerable virtuosity.
workmanlike	Worthy of a good workman. The book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index.
workmanship	Skill in an occupation or trade. Cracks on the motorway were caused by poor workmanship.