HANDCRAFTS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

handcrafts 1 of 2

noun

plural of handcraft

as in crafts

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands we learned about traditional handcrafts like barrel-making and leather-working at the colonial history museum

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verb

present tense third-person singular of handcraft

as in manufactures

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Recent Examples of handcrafts

Noun

Jennifer De Angelo Baxter, a Virginia public school teacher, handcrafts elaborate creations while managing her rare condition. — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 The cooperative members’ experience with sewing, handcrafts and production helped designers adjust both the material and the finished products, according to the project partners. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 According to Vogue, the event will highlight a series of thematic acts focused on Italian handcrafts and innovation (and featuring a few surprise guests), while raising funds for the Quarto Oggiaro Library in northwestern Milan. — Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026 Linoto handcrafts all their offerings in upstate New York with high-quality Italian and Belgian linen—their sheets have made our list of the best linen bedding for years. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026 An introverted child, Ortiz grew up enjoying painting and handcrafts, as well as having an interest in engineering and how things are built. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Founded by master independent Rexhep Rexhepi, the Swiss atelier handcrafts fewer than 30 watches a year—most, if not all, of which are fitted with complex mechanical complications. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026 These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The luxury boot brand uses real leather and handcrafts every pair of boots. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcrafts

Noun

These family-friendly events include traditional music, dancing and hands-on crafts.

— Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2026
Her paternal grandmother, who made traditional crafts, became one of the most important figures in her childhood.

— Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of crafts

Verb

The company primarily manufactures in India and does some production in China and Portugal.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Its subsidiary, Avologi, manufactures many of the red-light therapy devices that customers reported being pressured to buy inside stores contracted with Mazal Group.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of manufactures

Noun

Mandell’s wife, Elizabeth Heller Mandell, a gallery owner, nonprofit consultant and arts patron from a prominent California family, predeceased him, leaving him in a position to extend her philanthropic work.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Previously announced under the title Shaolin Women’s Soccer, the Hong Kong-China co-production reworks the original film’s martial-arts-meets-scrappy-sports-team premise around an all-female squad of underdogs.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of arts

Verb

As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

Definition of pieces

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Back in the exhibition space, another section is dedicated to the work of the modiste, or milliner, who fashions hats from materials like canvas, organza, leather and tweed.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
By contrast, Murphy fashions the moment into a statement on trauma, with Bret’s reflections about his youthful naïveté mirroring some of the language of the #MeToo movement.

— Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of fashions

Verb

The brand sources and then produces chocolate right at the source in Madagascar and Uganda, partnering with Direct Trade farmers.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Dori Media, which produces film and TV out of Tel Aviv, Zurich and Buenos Aires, was approached by representatives for Sphereorigin about working together on a film.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of produces

Verb

An omakase meal at Morihiro taught me that the rice is actually the most important part of any sushi experience, and no one molds it with it as much panache as chef Morihiro Onodera.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Bitingly funny in its comedy and wistful in its drama, the film rests on the delicate performance of newcomer Verma, a diminutive, age-appropriate actor who molds Ilyas in captivating ways.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of molds

Verb

Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
By placing a fashion executive from PVH next to a global marketing executive from Coca-Cola and an independent visual artist, the house constructs a network of perspectives capable of sorting through complex challenges.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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