Home › Words › T › toolpushertoolpushertoolpusher means the senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, toolpusher ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tool + pusher.nounThe senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.derrickhand 65% match — A worker on an oil rig, working on a raised platform from which they guide instruments in and out of the well. vs toolpusher →driller 64% match — One who drills. vs toolpusher →derrickman 63% match — A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe. vs toolpusher →oilfielder 62% match — One who works on an oil field. vs toolpusher →toolie 58% match — A tool dresser. vs toolpusher →roughneck 57% match — A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. vs toolpusher →oilman 55% match — Somebody (especially a man) involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. vs toolpusher →pumpjack 55% match — The ground-based drive for a submerged pump in an oil borehole. vs toolpusher →