Standard Lemma guide

screwdriver

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈskɹuˌdɹaɪvɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S K R UW1 D R AY2 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turnscrew

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: driver, tool

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cocktail made of vodka and orange juice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand tool

Narrower terms: flat tip screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, spiral ratchet screwdriver, ratchet screwdriver

4

noun

Meaning 4

a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cocktail

History

Etymology

Compound of screw + driver.

Across languages

Translations

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kaçavidë — tool
  • Southern Altai: бургуш (burguš) — tool
  • Southern Altai: отвёртка (otvyortka) — tool
  • Arabic: مِفَكّ الْبَرَاغِيّ (mifakk al-barāḡiyy) — tool
  • Chadian Arabic: ترنبيس (tarnabīs) — tool
  • Arabic: مفك (mufakk) — tool
  • Arabic: مَفَك (mafakk) — tool
  • Iraqi Arabic: درنفيس (darnafīs) — tool
  • Arabic: مْفَكّ (mfakk) — tool
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܒܸܪ ܚܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ (dabir ḥālolā) — tool
  • Armenian: պտուտակահան (ptutakahan) — tool
  • Azerbaijani: burğac — tool
  • Azerbaijani: piçburan — tool
  • Basque: bihurkin — tool
  • Belarusian: зашру́бка (zašrúbka) — tool
  • Belarusian: адвёртка (advjórtka) — tool
  • Bengali: স্ক্রু ড্রাইভার (skru ḍraibhar) — tool
  • Bhojpuri: पेंचकस (pēñcəkas) — tool
  • Bulgarian: отве́ртка (otvértka) — tool
  • Burmese: ဝက်အူလှည့် (wak-uhlany.) — tool
  • Catalan: tornavís — tool
  • Catalan: desengramponador — tool
  • Chechen: сетал (setal) — tool
  • Chinese Cantonese: 螺絲批 /螺丝批 (lo4 si1 pai1) — tool
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螺絲刀 /螺丝刀 (luósīdāo) — tool
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改錐 /改锥 (gǎizhuī) — tool
  • Choctaw: isht ashʋnnichi — tool
  • Czech: šroubovák — tool
  • Danish: skruetrækker — tool
  • Dutch: schroevendraaier — tool
  • Esperanto: ŝraŭbturnilo — tool
  • Esperanto: ŝraŭbilo — tool
  • Estonian: kruvikeeraja — tool
  • Finnish: ruuvimeisseli — tool
  • Finnish: ruuvitaltta — tool
  • French: tournevis — tool
  • West-Frisian: skroevedraaier — tool
  • Galician: desaparafusador — tool
  • Georgian: სახრახნისი (saxraxnisi) — tool
  • German: Schraubenzieher — tool
  • German: Schraubendreher — tool
  • German: Schrauber — tool
  • Greek: κατσαβίδι (katsavídi) — tool
  • Hebrew: מַבְרֵג (mavrég) — tool
  • Hindi: पेंचकस (pẽckas) — tool
  • Hindi: पेचकस (peckas) — tool
  • Hindi: पेचकश (peckaś) — tool
  • Hindi: स्क्रूड्राइवर (skrūḍrāivar) — tool
  • Hungarian: csavarhúzó — tool
  • Icelandic: skrúfjárn — tool
  • Ido: visilo — tool
  • Ido: skruboturnilo — tool
  • Indonesian: obeng — tool
  • Indonesian: drai — tool
  • Irish: scriúire — tool
  • Italian: cacciavite — tool
  • Italian: giravite — tool
  • Japanese: ドライバー (doraibā) — tool
  • Japanese: 螺子回し (nejimawashi) — tool
  • Japanese: スクリュードライバー (sukuryūdoraibā) — tool
  • Kashubian: szruwnik — tool
  • Kazakh: бұрауыш (būrauyş) — tool
  • Kazakh: бұрағыш (būrağyş) — tool
  • Khmer: ទួរណឺវិស (tuənəvɨh) — tool
  • Korean: 나사돌리개 (nasadolligae) — tool
  • Korean: 스크루드라이버 (seukeurudeuraibeo) — tool
  • Korean: 드라이버 (deuraibeo) — tool
  • Kyrgyz: отвёртка (otvyortka) — tool
  • Kyrgyz: бурагыч (buragıc) — tool
  • Lao: ໄຂຄວງ (khai khūang) — tool
  • Latvian: skrūvgriezis — tool
  • Lithuanian: atsuktuvas — tool
  • Lombard: caçavide — tool
  • Macedonian: одвртка (odvrtka) — tool
  • Macedonian: шрафцигер (šrafciger) — tool
  • Malay: pemutar skru — tool
  • Maltese: tornavit — tool
  • Māori: huriwiri — tool
  • Mongolian: халив (xaliv) — tool
  • Mongolian: отвёртка (otvjortka) — tool
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠪ (qalib) — tool
  • Navajo: bee ił adaʼagizí — tool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrujern — tool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrutrekker — tool
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrujarn — tool
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrujern — tool
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrutrekkar — tool
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrutrekkjar — tool
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шрафциґер (šrafciger) — tool
  • Persian: پیچگوشتی (pič-gušti) — tool
  • Piedmontese: tornavis — tool
  • Plautdietsch: Schruwendreia — tool
  • Polish: śrubokręt — tool
  • Polish: wkrętak — tool
  • Portuguese: chave de fenda — tool
  • Portuguese: chave de parafusos — tool
  • Romanian: șurubelniță — tool
  • Russian: отвёртка (otvjórtka) — tool
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgriubhaire — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: одвртка — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: одвијач — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: шарафцигер — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: odvrtka — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: odvijač — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: šarafciger — tool
  • Slovak: skrutkovač — tool
  • Slovene: izvijač — tool
  • Spanish: destornillador — tool
  • Spanish: desarmador — tool
  • Spanish: atornillador — tool
  • Spanish: desatornillador — tool
  • Spanish: entornillador — tool
  • Swahili: bisibisi — tool
  • Swedish: skruvmejsel — tool
  • Swedish: skruvdragare — tool
  • Tagalog: destornilyador — tool
  • Tajik: винттоб (vinttob) — tool
  • Tajik: винттобак (vinttobak) — tool
  • Tajik: мурваттоб (murvattob) — tool
  • Tajik: мурваттобак (murvattobak) — tool
  • Tajik: печтоб (pečtob) — tool
  • Tajik: печчархон (peččarxon) — tool
  • Tajik: печгӯштӣ (pečgüšti) — tool
  • Tamil: திருப்புளி (tiruppuḷi) — tool
  • Thai: ไขควง (kǎi-kuuang) — tool
  • Tibetan: གཟེར་གཅུད (gzer gcud) — tool
  • Tombonuo: sikoru diribor — tool
  • Turkish: tornavida — tool
  • Ottoman Turkish: طورناویدا (tornavida) — tool
  • Turkmen: otwertka — tool
  • Ukrainian: ви́крутка (výkrutka) — tool
  • Ukrainian: за́вертка (závertka) — tool
  • Urdu: پیچ کَش (pec-kaś) — tool
  • Urdu: سکریو ڈرایور (skrū-ḍrāivar) — tool
  • Uyghur: ئەتۋىركە (etwirke) — tool
  • Uzbek: otvyortka — tool
  • Vietnamese: chìa vít — tool
  • Vietnamese: tuộc vít — tool
  • Vietnamese: tuốc-nơ-vít — tool
  • Volapük: skrubitulöm — tool
  • Volapük: skruböm — tool
  • Welsh: sgriwdreif — tool
  • Yiddish: שרויפֿן־ציער (shroyfn-tsyer) — tool
  • Dutch: screwdriver — cocktail
  • German: Screwdriver — cocktail
  • German: Wodka-Orange — cocktail
  • Greek: βότκα πορτοκάλι (vótka portokáli) — cocktail
  • Indonesian: miras vodka jeruk — cocktail
  • Indonesian: screwdriver — cocktail
  • Japanese: スクリュードライバー (sukuryūdoraibā) — cocktail
  • Latvian: skrūve — cocktail
  • Macedonian: шрафцигер (šrafciger) — cocktail
  • Norwegian Bokmål: screwdriver — cocktail
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: screwdriver — cocktail
  • Portuguese: vodca com suco de laranja — cocktail
  • Russian: отвёртка (otvjórtka) — cocktail
  • Spanish: desarmador — cocktail
  • Spanish: vodka con naranja — cocktail
  • Swedish: screwdriver — cocktail