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watchmaker

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈwɔtʃˌmeɪkə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains watches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The watchmakers of Switzerland were pioneers of screw machine technology.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: horologist, horologer

2

noun

Meaning 2

God in His role as the creator according to the watchmaker analogy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: clockmaker
  • We have the great watchmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clockmaker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who makes or repairs watches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horologist, horologer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maker, shaper

History

Etymology

From watch + maker. Compare clockmaker.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sahatçi — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Albanian: orëndreqës — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Arabic: سَاعَاتِيّ (sāʕātiyy) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Armenian: ժամագործ (žamagorc) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Belarusian: гадзі́ншчык (hadzínščyk) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Belarusian: гадзі́ншчыца (hadzínščyca) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Bulgarian: часовника́р (časovnikár) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Bulgarian: часовника́рка (časovnikárka) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Catalan: rellotger — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Catalan: rellotgera — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐘錶匠 /钟表匠 (zhōngbiǎojiàng) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Czech: hodinář — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Czech: hodinářka — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Danish: urmager — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Dutch: horlogemaker — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Dutch: klokkenmaker — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Dutch: uurwerkmaker — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Faroese: ursmiður — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Finnish: kelloseppä — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • French: horloger — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • French: horlogère — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Galician: reloxeiro — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Galician: reloxeira — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Georgian: მესაათე (mesaate) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • German: Uhrmacher — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • German: Uhrmacherin — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Hebrew: שָׁעָן — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Hebrew: שֶׁעָן (sha'án) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Hebrew: שענית (sha'anít) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Icelandic: úrsmiður — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Irish: uaireadóirí — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Italian: orologiaio — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Italian: orologiaia — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Japanese: 時計師 (tokeishi) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Japanese: 時計屋 (tokeiya) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Kazakh: сағатшы (sağatşy) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Korean: 시계 기술자 (sigye gisulja) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Korean: 시계 제작자 (sigye jejakja) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Macedonian: часовничар (časovničar) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Macedonian: часовничарка (časovničarka) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Macedonian: часовникар (časovnikar) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Macedonian: часовникарка (časovnikarka) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Malay: tukang arloji — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Maltese: arluġġar — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urmaker — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urmakar — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Occitan: relòtgièr — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Occitan: relotgièra — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Pannonian Rusyn: годзинкар (hodzinkar) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Polish: zegarmistrz — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Polish: zegarmistrzyni — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Portuguese: relojoeiro — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Portuguese: relojoeira — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Romanian: ceasornicar — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Romanian: orologier — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Russian: часовщи́к (časovščík) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Russian: часовщи́ца (časovščíca) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Russian: часово́й ма́стер (časovój máster) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Serbo-Croatian: часовничар — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀ра̄р — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Serbo-Croatian: časovničar — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùrār — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Slovak: hodinár — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Slovak: hodinárka — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Slovene: urar — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Slovene: urarka — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Spanish: relojero — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Spanish: relojera — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Swedish: urmakare — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Tagalog: relohero — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Ukrainian: годинника́р (hodynnykár) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Ukrainian: годинника́рка (hodynnykárka) — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Uzbek: soatsoz — person who makes and/or maintains watches
  • Volapük: glokel — person who makes and/or maintains watches