Synonyms of builders

builders

noun

plural of builder

1

as in craftsmen

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.

Related Words

• craftsmen
• architects
• mechanics
• artists
• workmen
• handymen
• artisans
• craftspeople
• artificers
• tradesmen
• crafters
• manufacturers
• handicraftsmen
• makers
• journeymen
• producers
• craftswomen
• handypeople
• handicrafters
• handworkers
• handcraftsmen
• masters
• shapers
• operatives
• plants
• smiths
• works
• factories
• workshops
• mills
• manufactories
• wrights
• shops

2

as in designers

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

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

Related Words

• designers
• architects
• founders
• engineers
• creators
• fathers
• makers
• authors
• generators
• artists
• pioneers
• inventors
• innovators
• initiators
• originators
• founding fathers
• formulators
• establishers
• developers
• introducers
• contrivers
• sires
• begetters
• spawners
• devisers
• producers
• inaugurators
• instituters
• planners
• schemers
• masterminds
• conceivers
• researchers
• plotters
• hatchers
• arrangers
• researchists
• cofounders
• cocreators

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of builders

The builders have the more defensible franchises and the balance sheet exposure. — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The exotic animals live on a private ranch owned by the Seeno family, longtime developers and home builders. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

Roman concrete Roman builders created concrete using ingredients that included lime and volcanic ash. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

The builders were initially nonplussed by a brief that demanded techniques that would suggest an imperfect human touch. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026

Squarespace still uses a WYSIWYG editor, which may be more appealing to novice web builders. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2026

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

The city’s 3-to-1 imbalance of jobs to housing is one of the biggest in the country and a lure for builders, said apartment developer Chris Tourtellotte. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

But Maryland omitted that requirement, and also allowed builders to double-count certain energy efficiency measures. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026