Meanings
nounstreet sweeper (plural street sweepers)
plural street sweepers · alternative street-sweeper
- A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
Synonyms: metro aide, roadsweeper, scaffie, scaffy, scavenger, street cleaner, streetcleaner, whitewing
- broadlyA machine used to sweep streets.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
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Translations
Bulgarian уличен метач
- уличен метач (uličen metač)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
Catalan escombriaire, escombrador
- escombriaireperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- escombradorperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- escombradoraperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- escombradoramachine used to sweep streets
Chinese Cantonese 清道夫, 清道夫
- 清道夫 (cing¹ dou⁶ fu¹)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- 清道夫 (cing¹ dou⁶ fu¹)machine used to sweep streets
Chinese Mandarin 清道夫, 清道夫
- 清道夫 (qīngdàofū)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- 清道夫 (qīngdàofū)machine used to sweep streets
Danish fejemaskine
- fejemaskinemachine used to sweep streets
Dutch straatveger, veegmachine
- straatvegerperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- veegmachinemachine used to sweep streets
Estonian tänavapühkija
- tänavapühkijaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
Finnish kadunlakaisija, katusiivooja
- kadunlakaisijaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- katusiivoojaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- lakaisukonemachine used to sweep streets
French balayeur, balayeuse
- balayeurperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- balayeusemachine used to sweep streets
German Straßenkehrer, Straßenfeger
- Straßenkehrerperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- Straßenfegerperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- Kehrmaschinemachine used to sweep streets
Greek οδοκαθαριστής, σάρωθρο δρόμων
- οδοκαθαριστής (odokatharistís)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- σάρωθρο δρόμων (sárothro drómon)machine used to sweep streets
Hebrew מטאטא רחוב
- מטאטא רחובmachine used to sweep streets
Hungarian utcaseprő
- utcaseprőperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
Icelandic götusópari
- götusóparimachine used to sweep streets
Italian spazzino, scopino
- spazzinoperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- scopinoperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- spazzatricemachine used to sweep streets
Japanese 街路清掃人, 街路清掃車
- 街路清掃人person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- 街路清掃車machine used to sweep streets
Latvian sētnieks
- sētnieksperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
Lithuanian kiemsargis
- kiemsargisperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål gatefeier, feiemaskin
- gatefeierperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- feiemaskinmachine used to sweep streets
Persian رفتگر
- رفتگر (roftegar)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
Polish zamiatacz, zamiatarka
- zamiataczperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- zamiatarkamachine used to sweep streets
Portuguese varredor de rua, varredora de rua
- varredor de ruaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- varredora de ruaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- gariperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- almeidaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
Romanian măturător, măturătoare
- măturătorperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- măturătoareperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- măturătoaremachine used to sweep streets
Russian дво́рник, му́сорщик
- дво́рник (dvórnik)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- му́сорщик (músorščik)person employed to sweep streets, etc.
- подмета́льная маши́на (podmetálʹnaja mašína)machine used to sweep streets
Spanish barrendero, barrendera
- barrenderoperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- barrenderaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- barredoramachine used to sweep streets
Swedish gatsopare, gatsoperska
- gatsopareperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- gatsoperskaperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- sopmaskinmachine used to sweep streets
Urdu خاکروب, خاکروب
- خاکروبperson employed to sweep streets, etc.
- خاکروبmachine used to sweep streets
Vietnamese xe quét đường
- xe quét đườngmachine used to sweep streets
Cite this entry
APA
street sweeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20sweeper
MLA
“street sweeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20sweeper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “street sweeper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20sweeper.
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