woodman

Timber harvesting worker

A woodman is a person who works in or tends forests—cutting timber, managing woodland, or living in the woods.

The term is old-fashioned, largely replaced by lumberjack or forester in modern usage.

The woodman felled the oak with practiced strokes.

Also spelled woodsman.

axework

hatchet

Small one-handed chopper

  • axeBladed tool for chopping
  • chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
  • fellingDowning standing timber

splitting · chopping · blade · handle · swing · cleaver · cutter · steel · sharp · split

timber

logging

Recording system events

sawmill · timber · pulpwood · cordwood · stumps · sawdust · chainsaw · sawyer · faller · bucker

forestry

silviculture

Forest cultivation practice

conservation · stewardship · ranger · warden · dendrology · land-use · sustainability · cruising

folklore

greenwood

Freshly cut, moist lumber

  • legendUnverified traditional tale
  • taleSpoken or written narrative
  • SherwoodFabled English woodland

sylvan · enchanted · fable · huntsman · hermit · wildman · Little John · ballad · outlaw · merry men

outdoors

wilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

survival · bushcraft · shelter · foraging · tracking · woodcraft · nature · backcountry · pathfinding · clearing

Opposites
environment/habitat

woodmancity dweller

Urban area inhabitant

urbanite · townsman · city slicker · metropolitan · suburbanite

relationship to nature

woodmanindustrialist

Major manufacturing business owner

developer · factory worker · office worker · urban planner · clerk

occupational domain

woodmanclerk

Office record-keeper

office worker · bureaucrat · white-collar worker · accountant · banker

Family

woodmen

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G