Synonyms of dockhand

dockhand

noun

ˈdäk-ˌhand 

as in longshoreman

one who loads and unloads ships at a port

a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• longshoreman
• stevedore
• rouster
• dockworker
• roustabout
• docker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dockhand

Two of the eight tainted Tylenol bottles came from Jewel stores in the northwest suburbs, though neither had passed through the Melrose Park warehouse where Arnold had long worked for Jewel as a dockhand. — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022

Just stepping onto the log from the dock, then maintaining balance as the log was pushed out into the water by dockhands with poles, looked like a challenge. — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 19 Aug. 2017