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craftnoun an occupation requiring skillful use of the handsan expert in the craft of cabinetmaking art, handcraft, handicraft, trade skillcalling, métier(also metier), occupation, profession, vocation a small buoyant structure for travel on waterborrowed a craft to get across the river boat, bottom, vessel, watercraft catboat, ketch, sailboat, schooner, yachtbateau, caïque, canoe, catamaran, coracle, curragh(or currach), dhow, dinghy, dink, dory, dugout, flatboat, garvey, gig, johnboat, kayak, outrigger, paddleboat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon, pram, punt, raft, rowboat, rowing boat(chiefly British), sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, skiff, surfboat, umiak, wherrycruiser, inboard, motorboat, outboard, powerboathouseboat, riverboatauxiliary, bumboat, cutter, jolly boat, launch, lifeboat, longboat, tender, yawlbarge, hoy, keel, keelboat, lighter, narrow boat(British)towboat, tug, tugboatferry, ferryboat, gondola, taxi, water taxibanker, coble, dragger, gillnetter, hooker, lugger, scalloper, seiner, shrimper, trawler, whaleboat, whaler, workboatcockleshell, tubairboat, air-cushion vehicle, hovercrafthydrofoil, hydroplaneassault boat, PT boat, torpedo boat the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickerynever hesitated to resort to craft to get what they wanted in life artifice, cheating, cozenage, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guile, guilefulness, wiliness equivocation, lying, mendacity, prevaricationchicane, chicanery, fraudulence, hanky-panky, jugglery, legerdemain, mountebankery, obliquity, skulduggery(or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery, wilefalsehood, falsity, fib, untruthhypocrisy, insincerity, sanctimoniousness, two-facednessartfulness, caginess(also cageyness), deviousness, shrewdnesstreacherousness, underhandedness, unscrupulousnesscovertness, furtiveness, secrecy, shadiness, sneakiness, stealthinessoiliness, shiftiness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity candidness, candor, directness, frankness, openness, plainness, plainspokennesshonesty, probitydependability, reliability, reliableness, solidity, trustability, trustiness, trustworthinessdecency, goodness, incorruptibility, integrity, righteousness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtuousness skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded meanscelebrated in political circles for his craft, he's the legislator who knows how to get bills passed artfulness, artifice, caginess(also cageyness), canniness, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness calculation, care, designsavvy, sharpness, shrewdnesscleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventivenessease, facility, finessedeceitfulness, duplicity, shiftiness, underhandedness subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing somethinga really ingenious household appliance that shows a lot of craft on the part of its inventors adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, artistry, cleverness, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill, skillfulness dexterity, ease, finesse, handinessexperience, expertise, expertness, know-how, proficiencycreativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, knowledge, learningaptitude, bent, flair, gift, knack, talent artlessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness amateurishness, awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, klutziness, rudenessinability, inadequacy, inadequateness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency craftverbto put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written formspent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student cast, compose, draft, draw up, formulate, frame, prepare fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shapecouch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, wordauthor, indite, pen, writeconceive, concoct, devisebuild, construct, makeassemble, compound, piece (together)redraft, reformulate, reframe put together n.art, skill, cunning, artifice, craft mean the faculty of executing well what one has devised.art implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power.the art of choosing the right word skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency.the skill of a glassblower cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing.a mystery plotted with great cunning artifice suggests technical skill especially in imitating things in nature.believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice craft may imply expertness in workmanship.the craft of a master goldsmith before the 12th century |