Synonyms for framer


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : freym
Phonetic Transcription : freɪm

Top 10 synonyms for framer Other synonyms for the word framer

Définition of framer

Origin :
  • Old English framian "to profit, be helpful, avail, benefit," from fram "active, vigorous, bold," originally "going forward," from fram "forward; from" (see from).
  • Influenced by related Old English fremman "help forward, promote, further, do, perform, accomplish," and by Old Norse fremja "to further, execute." Sense focused in Middle English from "make ready" (mid-13c.) to "prepare timber for building" (late 14c.). Meaning "compose, devise" is first attested 1540s.
  • The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earlier sense of "plot in secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evil intent," first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing.
  • As in wooden : adj made of timber
  • As in builder : noun construction worker
  • As in producer : noun builder
  • As in creator : noun inventor; god
  • As in founder : noun person who establishes an institution
Example sentences :
  • I felt sure that a plot had been formed against me, and that he was its framer and instigator.
  • Extract from : « Will Weatherhelm » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • And there was more satisfaction in this conclusion than even its framer was aware of.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of Hilary Blachland » by Bertram Mitford
  • For five long years I was a slave to the framer of the 'hanging' clause of the agreement.
  • Extract from : « My First Book: » by Various
  • Consequently it's better to be a pictur' framer than a pictur' painter.
  • Extract from : « The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales » by Francis A. Durivage
  • Sounds which will reach the Framer of all things, And die away in ardent mutterings.
  • Extract from : « Poems 1817 » by John Keats
  • She somehow felt that Martha's question concealed more interest than its framer wished to betray.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Widow » by Edgar Fawcett
  • But Theophilus is of no service to the framer of philosophical or physiological theories of the second sight.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • If the number of links were truly infinite, so much the more infinite the skill of its framer.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
  • Indeed in one creation tablet we find Merodach displaced by Asshur as framer of the earth!
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
  • This framer of the Constitution desired then, and intended definitely and permanently, to keep Louisiana out!
  • Extract from : « Problems of Expansion » by Whitelaw Reid

Antonyms for framer

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