Thesaurus results for BUILDER

builder

noun

Definition of builder

as in craftsman

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.

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as in designer

a person or organization that creates something (such as a business) He was one of the great empire builders of the 20th century.

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Recent Examples of builder The harder question is whether a dozen different machines from different builders can do the same thing, reliably, for years. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Baltimore County’s initial adoption of a combination of development impact fees and excise taxes was another product of the influence of builders and developers, intended to give the appearance of solving a problem without actually doing so. — David Plymyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026 The solo builder concept is playing out not only in startups, but also in bigger organizations as AI adoption grows. — Harvard Business Review, 12 Aug. 2026 Luxury residential and commercial builder MODAA Construction launched its Foundations podcast to spotlight architects, designers and builders shaping high-end residential construction. — Julio Cesar Gomez, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for builder

Recent Examples of Synonyms for builder

Noun

More specifically, a wooden statue of her that was in part the work of some Guaraní craftsmen, though with hands and feet imported from Europe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Elena of London was built in Spain over four years, with skilled craftsmen using the same materials chosen nearly a century earlier.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of craftsman

Noun

Tour the buildings designed by legendary Glaswegian architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh—the campus is just one of the famed sites along his namesake trail (don’t miss The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture along the route).

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
The proposal to paint the building has alarmed preservationists, architects, historians and others who argue that granite is not meant to be painted and that paint would trap moisture and degrade the stone.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of architect

Noun

What those founders were building looked very different from the Waubonsee Community College of today.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Lane is vice president and founder of the Envisioning Studio at Google, an AI prototyping lab that explores emerging technologies.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of founder

Noun

Musk presented the arrangement, arguing that SpaceX’s workforce includes some of the world’s strongest engineers and that their collective knowledge could help shape a more capable AI system.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
This compact design is especially useful for vessel retrofits, where engineers must install electric systems inside existing engine rooms without reducing space for cargo or passengers.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of engineer

Noun

Vernon, meanwhile, is encouraging people to remember that there was a man, a husband and father behind the headlines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
His six children inherited the franchise through a family trust, with Jeanie continuing to oversee the team’s business operations and succeeding her father as the Lakers’ representative on the NBA Board of Governors.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of father

Noun

Chef and content creator Pierce Abernathy is known for sharing recipes with his social media followers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Marketers running always-on creator programs should mark August 24 as a break in the series and shift year-over-year comparisons to engaged views, which YouTube says preserves the old definition.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of creator

Noun

Scout told local news outlet PhillyVoice that BlackStar Projects, Monument Lab, DesignPhiladelphia, the Stained Glass Project, and 45 other artists, makers, and small retail businesses have currently signed on as tenants within the development.

— News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
But this is where the specialist mindset of a manager or deal-maker comes to the fore.

— Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026