Meanings
nountroubleshooter (plural troubleshooters)
plural troubleshooters
- A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
Similar
trouble shooter
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian авариен монтьор
- авариен монтьор (avarien montjor)person skilled at solving problems
Dutch probleemoplosser, troubleshooter
- probleemoplosserperson skilled at solving problems
- troubleshooterperson skilled at solving problems
Māori waewae-kai-pakiaka
- waewae-kai-pakiakaperson skilled at solving problems
Polish mechanik
- mechanikperson skilled at solving problems
Spanish apagafuegos
- apagafuegosperson skilled at solving problems
Swedish problemlösare
- problemlösareperson skilled at solving problems
Cite this entry
APA
troubleshooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troubleshooter
MLA
“troubleshooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troubleshooter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troubleshooter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troubleshooter.
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