'Builder' definitions:
Definition of 'builder'
(from WordNet)
noun
A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action [syn: builder, detergent builder]
noun
A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country; "empire builder"
noun
Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) [syn: builder, constructor]
Definition of 'Builder'
From: GCIDE
- Builder \Build"er\, n. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. [1913 Webster]
- In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'builder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- author,
- barber,
- beautician,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- brazier,
- bricklayer,
- cabinetmaker,
- carpenter,
- carver,
- chandler,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- contractor,
- cooper,
- craftsman,
- creator,
- designer,
- deviser,
- discoverer,
- effector,
- electrician,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- executor,
- executrix,
- farmhand,
- father,
- fitter,
- forger,
- founder,
- fuller,
- gas fitter,
- generator,
- glassblower,
- glazer,
- glazier,
- grower,
- hairdresser,
- inaugurator,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- instigator,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- lather,
- machinist,
- maker,
- manicurist,
- manufacturer,
- mason,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- mechanic,
- miller,
- mother,
- organizer,
- originator,
- past master,
- planner,
- plumber,
- potter,
- precursor,
- prime mover,
- producer,
- puttier,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- rigger,
- roofer,
- saddler,
- shaper,
- sire,
- smith,
- spinner,
- steeplejack,
- stonecutter,
- stonemason,
- tanner,
- tinker,
- tinner,
- turner,
- upholsterer,
- weaver,
- welder,
- woodcutter,
- wrecker,
- wright