modelmaker

English

Alternative forms

• model maker

Etymology

From model +‎ maker.

Noun

modelmaker (plural modelmakers)

1. One who builds models, especially scale models.
   2. One who does so avocationally as a hobby.

      Synonyms: scale modeler, modeler

      Hypernyms: hobbyist, enthusiast, aficionado < person

      His father was a locally renowned modelmaker whose model cars and airplanes were on display in his barbershop for many years.

      • 1990, The Woodenboat - Issues 92-97, page 60:

        But if modelmaking is not art, why is it that, in the upper reaches of modeldom, where the best do their work, there is an identifiable difference in "feel" between the work of one modelmaker and another?

   4. (dated) One who does so vocationally in industry.

      Hypernyms: maker; tradesman, tradesperson < worker < person

      Coordinate terms: prototyper, patternmaker, toolmaker, diemaker, mouldmaker

      Near-synonym: scale modeler

      His grandfather was a modelmaker for a heavy engineering firm.

Related terms

• modelbuilding
• modeling
• modelmaking