MAKER
What does "MAKER" mean?
A person or thing that makes or produces something.
Meanings
- One who makes, builds, or manufactures something. The watch was the work of a master maker.
- A company that manufactures a particular product. The car maker recalled thousands of vehicles.
- A person who enjoys designing and building things, especially with technology and craft. The library now has a workshop for the local maker community.
- God, as the creator (usually capitalized). He felt he was about to meet his Maker. formal
Did you know?
- To 'meet your Maker' has meant to die since the 1800s — the same plain word for a craftsman, capitalized, became a quiet euphemism for God.
Word origin
From Old English 'macian' (to make, form, construct), of West Germanic origin, plus the agent suffix '-er'.
Remember it
MAKER = MAKE + R: the R is the person who does the making.
A little poem
Sawdust on her sleeve, a plan half-drawn,
she sands the chair her grandmother passed on-
the maker is what the made thing leans upon.
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Wordplay
- Why did the carpenter join the startup? She heard it was full of makers — and she had a chip on her shoulder, mostly oak.
What it teaches
To be a maker is to leave the world holding something it didn't have before.
Quick facts
What does MAKER mean?
A person or thing that makes or produces something.
Is MAKER a valid word?
Yes — MAKER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MAKER?
MAKER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MAKER come from?
From Old English 'macian' (to make, form, construct), of West Germanic origin, plus the agent suffix '-er'.
What can MAKER teach us?
To be a maker is to leave the world holding something it didn't have before.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.