Home › Words › S › shipworkershipworkershipworker means A person who works in a shipyard.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shipworker ranks #37,340 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom ship + worker.nounA person who works in a shipyard.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shoreworker 76% match — Someone who works on land in the fishing industry vs shipworker →dockyardman 74% match — A laborer employed in a dockyard. vs shipworker →fishworker 74% match — A laborer in the fishing industry. vs shipworker →shipwright 73% match — A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones. vs shipworker →shipfitter 72% match — A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship. vs shipworker →dockworker 72% match — A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight. vs shipworker →wharfman 69% match — A man who works on a wharf. vs shipworker →wharfie 66% match — A wharf worker: synonym of dockworker. vs shipworker →