Home › Words › S › soundmansoundmansoundman means A technician who works with the sound recording and sound effects for films and television.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, soundman ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sound + -man.nounA technician who works with the sound recording and sound effects for films and television.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.soundperson 71% match — An audio technician. vs soundman →soundwoman 71% match — A female audio technician or soundman. vs soundman →recordist 60% match — Someone who makes sound recordings. vs soundman →soundscapist 57% match — A person who creates soundscapes. vs soundman →cameraman 57% match — Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera. vs soundman →audiographer 53% match — One who records audio, analogous to a videographer. vs soundman →audiometrician 52% match — a technician who carries out audiometry. vs soundman →sounder 52% match — Something or someone who makes a sound. vs soundman →