Meanings
plural wreckers
- AustraliaA person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker
Synonyms: breaker, knacker, salvager, salvor, scrapper, scrap dealer, shipbreaker, car breaker
- A tow truck.
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- historicalSoviet Union; crime; Soviet Union; crimeSomeone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
antonym(s) of “one who wrecks”
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
nouna truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Norse*vrek
- Anglo-Normanwrek
- Middle Englishwrek
- Englishwreck
- Englishwrecker
Translations
Arabic مُخَرِّب
- مُخَرِّب (muḵarrib)one who breaks up situations, events
Catalan desballestador, desballestadora
- desballestadorperson or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
- desballestadoraperson or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
Greek αφανιστής, αφανίστρια
- αφανιστής (afanistís)person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
- αφανίστρια (afanístria)person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
Italian sfasciacarrozze, demolitore
- sfasciacarrozzeperson or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
- demolitoreone who breaks up situations, events
- demolitriceone who breaks up situations, events
- disgregatoreone who breaks up situations, events
- disgregatriceone who breaks up situations, events
- sfasciafamiglieone who breaks up situations, events
Japanese 解体屋, 破壊者
- 解体屋 (kaitaiya)person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
- 破壊者 (hakaisha)one who breaks up situations, events
Korean 방해꾼, 파괴자
- 방해꾼 (banghaekkun)one who breaks up situations, events
- 파괴자 (pagoeja)one who breaks up situations, events
Persian مخرب, خرابکار
- مخرب (moxarreb)one who breaks up situations, events
- خرابکار (xarâbkâr)one who breaks up situations, events
Russian вреди́тель, вреди́тельница
- вреди́тель (vredítelʹ)one who breaks up situations, events
- вреди́тельница (vredítelʹnica)one who breaks up situations, events
- вреди́тель (vredítelʹ)(Soviet Union, crime, historical) someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking
- вреди́тельница (vredítelʹnica)(Soviet Union, crime, historical) someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking
Ukrainian шкідни́к, шкідни́ця
- шкідни́к (škidnýk)(Soviet Union, crime, historical) someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking
- шкідни́ця (škidnýcja)(Soviet Union, crime, historical) someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wrecker
All rhymes →Cite this entry
wrecker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrecker
“wrecker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrecker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrecker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrecker.
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