journeyman

C2+ Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˈdʒɜrnimən/ UK /ˈdʒɜːnimən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a trained worker qualified in a trade; a competent but unremarkable performer

After his apprenticeship he became a journeyman carpenter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a trained worker qualified... craftsman artisan tradesman worker

Opposites

apprentice master

Word family

Related forms journeyjourneywork

Etymology

Compound of 'journey' (in its original sense 'a day's work', from Old French 'journee', from Latin 'diurnata', from 'dies' 'day') + 'man', i.e. a worker paid by the day.

journee Old French diurnata Latin dies Latin

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Work & Careers Word Formation & Derivatives

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# journeyman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒɜrnimən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒɜːnimən/

## Meanings
1. a trained worker qualified in a trade; a competent but unremarkable performer

## Examples
- After his apprenticeship he became a journeyman carpenter.

## Synonyms
- craftsman
- artisan
- tradesman
- worker

## Antonyms
- apprentice
- master

## Related Forms
- journey
- journeywork

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: journee
- Root: diurnata
- Root: dies

## Etymology
Compound of 'journey' (in its original sense 'a day's work', from Old French 'journee', from Latin 'diurnata', from 'dies' 'day') + 'man', i.e. a worker paid by the day.

## AI Etymology
Journeyman is a compound of 'journey' (in its original sense 'a day's work', from Old French 'journee', from Latin 'diurnata', from 'dies' 'day') + 'man', i.e. a worker paid by the day. The compound structure is semantically important: one element narrows the setting, direction, or quality, and the other supplies the object, action, or base idea. As a noun, it denotes "a trained worker qualified in a trade; a competent but unremarkable performer", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old French journee, Latin diurnata, and Latin dies. Related words include journey, journeywork.

## Topics
- Work & Careers
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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