'Journeyman' definitions:
Definition of 'journeyman'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Journeyman'
From: GCIDE
- Journeyman \Jour"ney*man\, n.; pl. Journeymen.
- 1. Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received recognition as a master; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A competent and experienced worker who performs adequately but without a high level of expertise or imagination. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'journeyman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adept,
- Admirable Crichton,
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- author,
- authority,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- builder,
- conceiver,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- constructor,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- craftswoman,
- creator,
- dead shot,
- designer,
- deviser,
- diplomat,
- diplomatist,
- discoverer,
- effector,
- elder statesman,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- executor,
- executrix,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- father,
- founder,
- generator,
- graduate,
- grower,
- handicraftsman,
- handy man,
- inaugurator,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- instigator,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- maker,
- manufacturer,
- marksman,
- master,
- master carpenter,
- master craftsman,
- mechanic,
- mother,
- no slouch,
- organizer,
- originator,
- past master,
- planner,
- politician,
- precursor,
- prentice,
- prime mover,
- pro,
- producer,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- savant,
- shaper,
- shark,
- sharp,
- sire,
- smith,
- statesman,
- technical adviser,
- technician,
- wright