What is another word for handicraft?
Synonyms for handicraft
ˈhæn diˌkræft, -ˌkrɑfthand·i·craft
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
handicraft
A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.
Synonyms:
affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, job, occupation, profession, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, workPreposition:
The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
handicraftnoun
Synonyms:
manual occupation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "handicraft":
crafts, handicrafts, craft, artisanal, craftsmanship, artisan
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#71 | business | |
#125 | work | |
#338 | art | |
#429 | job | |
#718 | trade | |
#1024 | employment | |
#1435 | traffic | |
#1878 | trading | |
#1924 | commerce | |
#2487 | duty | |
#2650 | calling | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3245 | crafts | |
#3442 | transaction | |
#4241 | craft | |
#4578 | occupation | |
#6576 | profession | |
#9420 | affair | |
#19253 | artisan | |
#23732 | handicrafts | |
#24723 | craftsmanship | |
#27294 | vocation | |
#27332 | barter | |
#32678 | handicraft | |
#69115 | artisanal | |
#69185 | handiwork | |
#89538 | handcraft | |
#118422 | handwork | |
#135964 | avocation |
How to use handicraft in a sentence?
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan?s industry can never get empty.
Translations for handicraft
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- حرفة يدوية, حرفيArabic
- рамяслоBelarusian
- řemesloCzech
- Kunsthandwerk, Handarbeit, HandwerkGerman
- χειροτεχνία, χειροτέχνηςGreek
- manmetioEsperanto
- artesaníaSpanish
- käsityFinnish
- artisanatFrench
- lámhcheardaíocht, lámhcheirdIrish
- אומנותHebrew
- हस्तकलाHindi
- kézművességHungarian
- արհեստ, արհեստավորArmenian
- kerajinanIndonesian
- artigianatoItalian
- 手工芸, 手工芸品Japanese
- operantisLatin
- ambacht, handwerkDutch
- håndverkNorwegian
- rękodzieło, rzemiosłoPolish
- artesanato, artesãoPortuguese
- artizanat, meserieRomanian
- ручная работа, ремесло, рукоделиеRussian
- duodjiNorthern Sami
- remesloSlovak
- artizanat, zejtariAlbanian
- hantverkSwedish
- கைவினைப்Tamil
- హస్తకళTelugu
- งานฝีมือThai
- el sanatıTurkish
- ремеслоUkrainian
- ہستکلاUrdu
- thủ côngVietnamese
- 手工業Chinese
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