What is a word that means jack of all trades?

Answer 1

It isn't really always true, but the general idea is that when a person has spent a great deal of time learning about many, many different things, that person probably hasn't taken the time to learn about and practice in depth any one of those things. There are people who have broad interests, good minds and a variety of excellent skills and for whom "master of none" would be an unfair assessment.

Answer 2

I'm not aware of any one term that means Jack of All Trades ... but sometimes, people refer to a "handyman," which can have a similar meaning, namely, a person who is good at all sorts of things-- Plumbing, painting, carpentry, etc.

Answer 3

The term jack-of-all-trades, or jack of all trades(plural, jacks of all trades) refers to a person skilled in or able to acceptably perform a number of jobs.

The phrase, 'Jack of all trades, master of none,' is used to suggest a person capable of many jobs will not prove to be skilled to master's level in any one of those jobs.

This derogatory term should not be taken to suggest that every person described as a jack of all trades cannot be a master of all or any of those trades.

Similarly, the phrase, 'Those who can, do; those who can't, teach' (attributed to George Bernard Shaw), is frequently used to suggest all teachers are unable to master the skills they teach, which is clearly nonsense.

Some of the greatest teachers are also the most highly-skilled in their subject; just as some of the greatest masters of their skills are also skilled in, and masters of, skills in many fields, as abundantly demonstrated in both current and historical data.
it means that 'learning everything but not completely".

Answer 4

the term 'jack of all trades' is a slang term made up in the 19th century meaning that person may or may not have a main trade but he or her can perform 'get by' all trades therefore they have learnt how to do every trade meaning they are a 'jack of all trades'

Answer 5

Master of none

That is the correct ending of the phrase; it's not the correct name. You could call a jack of all trades a handyman, a Renaissance man, a pantologist, or a factotum.

Answer 6

Jack is the term traditionally used to mean "the average man." It's the nickname for the most common English name, John, so it has been used to mean "every-man."

Answer 7

Probably used long before this, the phrase was used in 1612 by Geffray Minshul in a book titled "Essays and Characters of a Prison".

Answer 8

You have a garbled version of the description, "Jack of all trades and master of none" which is said of someone who can do a great many different things but is not an expert at anything.

Answer 9

A handyman who can do many jobs.