Antonyms for
craft
A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession
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No Antonyms Found for Craft

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All Definitions for Craft

Below are all the dictionary definitions of craft:

1A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession
2The skilled practice of a practical occupation .
3Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects
4Handicrafts .
5Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
6Intellectual power
7Skill
8Art.
9Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution
10Dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning
11Ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
12A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
13Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
14A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively
15The members of a trade or handicraft as a body
16An association of these
17A trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
18To make by hand and with much skill.
19To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
20To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
21Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes
22Artifice
23Guile
24Subtlety
25Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
26A woman.
27Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
28Strength
29Power
30Might
31Force .
32Occult art, magic .
33A work or product of art .
34A device, a means
35A magical device, spell or enchantment .
36Learning of the schools, scholarship
37A branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
38Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
39A surname.

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Common antonyms for craft. These words express opposite or contrasting meanings and can be used to create contrast in writing.

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About antonyms for craft

Finding the right antonym for craft helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession", craft has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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