knitter

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Canada, US/ˈnɪtɚ/

noun

A person or a machine that knits.

Similar
knitster
OriginMiddle English knytter →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

knitter1

nounknitter (plural knitters)

plural knitters

  1. A person or a machine that knits.

    “Ave! Old knitter of black wool.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200

    Synonyms: knitster

Knitter2

proper nounKnitter (plural Knitters)

plural Knitters

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person or a machine that knits.

Similar
knitster

Origin

  1. Middle Englishknytter
  2. Englishknitter

From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian плетач
  • плетач (pletač)one who knits
Finnish neuloja, neulomakone
  • neulojaone who knits
  • neulomakoneone who knits
  • sitojaone who knits
  • solmijaone who knits
French tricoteur, tricoteuse
  • tricoteurone who knits
  • tricoteuseone who knits
German Stricker, Strickerin
  • Strickerone who knits
  • Strickerinone who knits
Hungarian kötő
  • kötőone who knits
Italian magliaia
  • magliaiaone who knits
Lithuanian mezgė́jas, mezgė́ja
  • mezgė́jasone who knits
  • mezgė́jaone who knits
Polish dziewiarz, dziewiarka
  • dziewiarzone who knits
  • dziewiarkaone who knits
Russian вяза́льщик, вяза́льщица
  • вяза́льщик (vjazálʹščik)one who knits
  • вяза́льщица (vjazálʹščica)one who knits
Ukrainian в'яза́льник, в'яза́льниця
  • в'яза́льник (vʺjazálʹnyk)one who knits
  • в'яза́льниця (vʺjazálʹnycja)one who knits
Welsh gwëwr, gweuwr
  • gwëwrone who knits
  • gweuwrone who knits

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with knitter

bitterglittersplittersitterhitterjittercritterfitterwitterquitterfritterskitterflittertwitterchitterchemotransmittercrinklecritterdiapercritterembitterin the shitternitterpampcritterquittorreknitter
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Anagrams

trinket
Cite this entry
APA

knitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitter

MLA

“knitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knitter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitter.

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