Meanings
joiner1
plural joiners
- A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
joiner2
plural joiners
- A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
1 more example
The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) has a code point but no corresponding symbol. It is used to connect two or more other Unicode code points to create a new "compound character" with a unique glyph all its own. […] I'm making a point of mentioning Ninja Cat because it is another example of the use of zero-width joiners.
2016 November 14, Rob Reed, “Everything You Need To Know About Emoji”, in Smashing Magazine, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025 - A person who joins societies or organizations.
The resistance has lifelong joiners, alumni from environmental and housing movements and young organizers.
2026 June 12, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
I am not a joiner. I am reluctant to sign up as a member of any organization, because I generally can't find myself or my ideas in it.
2004, Eugene Goodheart, Confessions of a Secular Jew: A Memoir
Joiner3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of hensopper.
Origin
joiner · noun
- Old Frenchjoigneor“joiner, carpenter”
- Middle Englishjoynour“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”
- Englishjoiner
From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join + -er.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans skrynwerker
- skrynwerkermaker of wooden furniture
Arabic نَجَّار
- نَجَّار (najjār)maker of wooden furniture
Bulgarian дърводелец, съединител
- дърводелец (dărvodelec)maker of wooden furniture
- съединител (săedinitel)thing that joins
Catalan fuster
- fustermaker of wooden furniture
Chinese Mandarin 木工, 細木工 /细木工
- 木工 (mùgōng)maker of wooden furniture
- 細木工 /细木工 (xìmùgōng)maker of wooden furniture
Czech truhlář
- truhlářmaker of wooden furniture
Danish møbelsnedker
- møbelsnedkermaker of wooden furniture
Dutch timmerman
- timmermanmaker of wooden furniture
Finnish puuseppä, hienopuuseppä
- puuseppämaker of wooden furniture
- hienopuuseppämaker of wooden furniture
- liitinthing that joins
- sovitinthing that joins
French menuisier, ébéniste
- menuisiermaker of wooden furniture
- ébénistemaker of wooden furniture
German Tischler, Schreiner
- Tischlermaker of wooden furniture
- Schreinermaker of wooden furniture
- Bindegliedthing that joins
Hungarian asztalos
- asztalosmaker of wooden furniture
Icelandic húsgagnasmiður, innréttingasmiður
- húsgagnasmiðurmaker of wooden furniture
- innréttingasmiðurmaker of wooden furniture
Irish siúinéir
- siúinéirmaker of wooden furniture
Italian falegname
- falegnamemaker of wooden furniture
Japanese 指物師, 建具屋
- 指物師 (sashimonoshi)maker of wooden furniture
- 建具屋 (tateguya)maker of wooden furniture
Norwegian Bokmål møbelsnekker
- møbelsnekkermaker of wooden furniture
Polish stolarz, łącznik
- stolarzmaker of wooden furniture
- łącznikthing that joins
Portuguese marceneiro, juntador
- marceneiromaker of wooden furniture
- juntadorthing that joins
Romanian tâmplar, lemnar
- tâmplarmaker of wooden furniture
- lemnarmaker of wooden furniture
- dulghermaker of wooden furniture
Russian столя́р, пло́тник
- столя́р (stoljár)maker of wooden furniture
- пло́тник (plótnik)maker of wooden furniture
- древоде́л (drevodél)maker of wooden furniture
- ме́бельщик (mébelʹščik)maker of wooden furniture
- соедини́тель (sojedinítelʹ)thing that joins
Scottish Gaelic saor
- saormaker of wooden furniture
Slovak stolár
- stolármaker of wooden furniture
Spanish carpintero, ebanista
- carpinteromaker of wooden furniture
- ebanistamaker of wooden furniture
Turkish doğramacı
- doğramacımaker of wooden furniture
Ukrainian сто́ляр
- сто́ляр (stóljar)maker of wooden furniture
Yiddish טישלער, סטאָליער
- טישלער (tishler)maker of wooden furniture
- סטאָליער (stolyer)maker of wooden furniture
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with joiner
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Cite this entry
joiner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joiner
“joiner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joiner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joiner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joiner.
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