Phrase guide

window cleaner

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person whose job is to clean windows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: window washer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleaner

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various specific formulas of cleaner, usually cleaning fluid, for glass windows; many commonly encountered ones contain ammonia, and nonammoniacal types exist for various special purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: glass cleaner (usually coinstantial), Windex (a famous brand of such cleaners)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glass cleaner, Windex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleaner, cleaning fluid, substance, stuff

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who cleans windows for pay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleaner

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: netejavidres — person
  • Danish: vinduespudser — person
  • Finnish: ikkunanpesijä — person
  • German: Fensterputzer — person
  • German: Fensterputzerin — person
  • Irish: glantóir fuinneog — person
  • Italian: lavavetri — person
  • Norman: nettisseux dé f'nêtres — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinduspusser — person
  • Romanian: spălător de geamuri — person
  • Romanian: spălător de ferestre — person
  • Slovak: čistič okien — person
  • Spanish: limpiacristales — person
  • Swedish: fönsterputsare — person
  • Turkish: cam temizleyici — person
  • Volapük: fenätiklinükan — person
  • Volapük: fenätihiklinükan — person
  • Volapük: fenätijiklinükan — person
  • Finnish: ikkunanpesuaine — product
  • Slovak: čistič okien — product
  • Spanish: limpiacristales — product
  • Turkish: cam temizleyici — product