Fitter

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A passion; a quarrel.
  • To injure by frequent treading.
  • To kick as cross children do; make a noise with the feet.
  • To be in a passion.
  • noun. A fragment; a flinder: a rag; a flitter.
  • noun. One who fits, in any sense of that word; one who or that which adapts one thing to another, or makes it suitable for the purpose intended.
  • noun. In mech., one who puts the parts of a machine together, as distinguished from a pattern-maker, founder, turner, finisher, etc.
  • noun. One who supplies and fixes fittings or fixtures of any kind; one who “fits up” things: as, a gas-fitter.
  • noun. One who supplies whatever is fit or necessary for the proper accomplishment of any object or undertaking; one who equips with whatever is necessary: as, a fitter-out.
  • noun. In some parts of Great Britain, one who vends and loads coal, fitting ships with cargoes: particularly, a coal-broker who sells the coal produced by a particular mine or by particular mines. Imp. Dict. Also called coal-fitter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.
  • noun. One who fits or makes to fit
  • noun. One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.
  • noun. One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
  • noun. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. comparative form of fit
  • noun. a person who fits or assembles something
  • noun. an epileptic
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who fits a garment to a particular person
  • adjective. improved in health or physical condition
  • Word Usage
    "That's the problem with Mr. Irrelevant, He thinks volunteering as the Church little league uniform fitter is okay."
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    better  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sartor  seamster  tailor  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ritter  Sitter  aglitter  bitter  chitter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fouler  juster  tinman  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flinder  flitter  
    verb-form
    fitters