JACKS-OF-ALL-TRADES Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

jacks-of-all-trades

noun

plural of jack-of-all-trades

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a person who has many skills; a person who can do many different jobs

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Recent Examples of jacks-of-all-trades Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026

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Noun

Beyond access to esteemed experts, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and chat with so many incredible women.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2026
To this point, experts agree that the best commercial product isn’t necessarily the easiest to wear.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of experts

Noun

Young professionals often have multiple financial priorities, such as beginning to invest, paying off student loans, employee benefits, buying a first home, and saving for a wedding or starting a family.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
As its grown over the past two decades, New York Comic Con’s goal has expanded to maintaining its classic fan experiences while offering new opportunities for professionals in attendance over the past couple years.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of professionals

Noun

What happens when one of the biggest crossover hits of the 21st century gets handed to a couple of banjo virtuosos?

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026
Great virtuosi such as violinist Isaac Stern, pianist Van Cliburn, soprano Leontyne Price and hosts of other incredible artists, both American and from abroad, blessed our concert halls with their dazzling artistry.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of virtuosos

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Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of adepts

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As our voices reflected off the curved walls, Wittman led me to the adjacent recording studio, available for musicians, artists, and scientists interested in exploring frequencies.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
But creativity has to remain at the center of this process, and tools can’t replace artists.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of artists

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The end of the world has come in many forms for Robert and Michelle King, television’s reigning masters of the feel-good/feel-bad apocalypse.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Since mega masters hearings began in May, immigration data researchers found that the number of people ordered deported when not showing up for a hearing has skyrocketed.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

The classic gangster films, mostly made by the Toei studio in the nineteen-sixties, starred such specialists in the yakuza genre as Takakura Ken—Ken-san to his many fans—and followed a simple formula.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
In some cases, patients undergo evaluations by multiple specialists before identifying a potential explanation.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of specialists

Noun

Next, ground crews, including the Navajo hotshots, will start hand and aerial ignitions, the department said.

— Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Fans who gush over the next big thing too often forget that many young hotshots turn out to be something less.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of hotshots

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