'Workmanship' definitions:
Definition of 'workmanship'
(from WordNet)
noun
Skill in an occupation or trade [syn: craft, craftsmanship, workmanship]
Definition of 'Workmanship'
From: GCIDE
- Workmanship \Work"man*ship\, n.
- 1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. [1913 Webster]
- Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor. [1913 Webster]
- Not any skilled in workmanship embossed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate workmanship of God. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'workmanship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- architecture,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- assembly,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- building,
- capability,
- capacity,
- casting,
- cleverness,
- command,
- competence,
- composition,
- construction,
- control,
- conversion,
- coordination,
- craft,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- cultivation,
- cunning,
- deftness,
- devising,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- efficiency,
- elaboration,
- erection,
- expertise,
- extraction,
- fabrication,
- facility,
- fashioning,
- finesse,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulation,
- framing,
- grace,
- grip,
- growing,
- handicraft,
- handiness,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- horsemanship,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- know-how,
- machining,
- making,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- milling,
- mining,
- molding,
- practical ability,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- processing,
- producing,
- proficiency,
- prowess,
- quickness,
- raising,
- readiness,
- refining,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- shaping,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- smelting,
- style,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- timing,
- virtuosity,
- wit,
- wizardry