Meanings
plural clockmakers
- A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.
Synonyms: clocksmith
- capitalizedoftenhuman sciencesGod in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.
Near-synonym: watchmaker
1 more example
We have the great clockmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.
Synonyms: watchmaker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
nounGod in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishclockemaker
- Englishclockmaker
From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَاعَاتِيّ
- سَاعَاتِيّ (sāʕātiyy)person who makes clocks
Bulgarian часовника́р, часовника́рка
- часовника́р (časovnikár)person who makes clocks
- часовника́рка (časovnikárka)person who makes clocks
Catalan rellotger, rellotgera
- rellotgerperson who makes clocks
- rellotgeraperson who makes clocks
Chinese Mandarin 鐘錶匠 /钟表匠
- 鐘錶匠 /钟表匠 (zhōngbiǎojiàng)person who makes clocks
Czech hodinář, hodinářka
- hodinářperson who makes clocks
- hodinářkaperson who makes clocks
Dutch klokkenmaker, klokkenmaakster
- klokkenmakerperson who makes clocks
- klokkenmaaksterperson who makes clocks
- horlogemakerperson who makes clocks
- horlogemaaksterperson who makes clocks
- uurwerkmakerperson who makes clocks
- uurwerkmaaksterperson who makes clocks
Estonian kellassepp
- kellasseppperson who makes clocks
Finnish kelloseppä
- kelloseppäperson who makes clocks
French horloger, horlogère
- horlogerperson who makes clocks
- horlogèreperson who makes clocks
German Uhrmacher, Uhrmacherin
- Uhrmacherperson who makes clocks
- Uhrmacherinperson who makes clocks
Italian orologiaio, orologiaia
- orologiaioperson who makes clocks
- orologiaiaperson who makes clocks
Japanese 時計師, 時計屋
- 時計師 (tokeishi)person who makes clocks
- 時計屋 (tokeiya)person who makes clocks
Korean 시계사
- 시계사 (sigyesa)person who makes clocks
Polish zegarmistrz, zegarmistrzyni
- zegarmistrzperson who makes clocks
- zegarmistrzyniperson who makes clocks
Portuguese relojoeiro, relojoeira
- relojoeiroperson who makes clocks
- relojoeiraperson who makes clocks
Romanian ceasornicar, orologier
- ceasornicarperson who makes clocks
- orologierperson who makes clocks
Russian часовщи́к, часовщи́ца
- часовщи́к (časovščík)person who makes clocks
- часовщи́ца (časovščíca)person who makes clocks
- часово́й ма́стер (časovój máster)person who makes clocks
Slovak hodinár, hodinárka
- hodinárperson who makes clocks
- hodinárkaperson who makes clocks
Spanish relojero, relojera
- relojeroperson who makes clocks
- relojeraperson who makes clocks
Ukrainian годинника́р, годинника́рка
- годинника́р (hodynnykár)person who makes clocks
- годинника́рка (hodynnykárka)person who makes clocks
Cite this entry
clockmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmaker
“clockmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clockmaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmaker.
Source: clockmaker on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.