Skilled Trades Vocabulary

noun a skilled worker or tradesperson who has completed an apprenticeship and is considered competent in their trade

• The journeyman carpenter had years of experience working on various construction projects.
• My dad is a journeyman electrician and he can fix just about anything.
• I heard that new guy is just a journeyman when it comes to playing basketball.
• As a journeyman in the art world, she had mastered her craft and was ready to showcase her work to the world.

noun a person who constructs or repairs something, such as a shipwright or playwright

• The wright carefully crafted each piece of furniture by hand.
• My friend is a talented wright who can build anything out of wood.
• That wright is a real pro at fixing cars in no time.
• She was the wright of her own destiny, shaping her future with every decision.