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builder

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Synonyms and Antonyms of builder

1 a person or company that builds or repairs things (such as houses or ships)

They hired a team of builders to carry out the renovation.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of builder

handyman, handyperson, workman

artificer, artisan, crafter, craftsman, craftsperson, craftswoman, handcraftsman, handicrafter, handicraftsman, handworker, tradesman

journeyman, master

artist, architect, maker, producer

manufacturer, mechanic, operative, shaper, smith, wright

factory, manufactory, mill, plant, shop, works, workshop

2 a person or organization that creates something (such as a business)

He was one of the great empire builders of the 20th century.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of builder

author, begetter, creator, establisher, father, founder, founding father, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter (or institutor), originator, sire

conceiver, contriver, designer, deviser, formulator, innovator, introducer, inventor, spawner

architect, engineer, mastermind

arranger, hatcher, planner, plotter, schemer

artist, maker, producer

developer, pioneer, researcher, researchist

cocreator, cofounder

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