Home › Words › K › knitterknitter/ˈnɪtɚ/knitter · name — A surname.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).knitter is pronounced /ˈnɪtɚ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit + -er.nameA surname.nounA person or a machine that knits.e.g.““Ave! Old knitter of black wool.” — 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.knitster 74% match — A woman who knits. vs knitter →knitten 64% match — knitted, knit vs knitter →needlewoman 60% match — A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc. vs knitter →stitcher 60% match — One who stitches. vs knitter →creeler 60% match — A textile worker who tends the creel and other aspects of a yarn tufting or twisting machine or other kind of loom. vs knitter →embroiderer 59% match — A person who embroiders vs knitter →beknit 59% match — To knit. vs knitter →clothmaker 59% match — A person who makes cloth. vs knitter →