builder

/ˈbɪldər/

/ˈbɪldə/

Other forms: builders

Definitions of builder

1. noun

   someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
   synonyms: constructor

   types:

   boatbuilder

   a person who builds boats

   contractor

   someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things

   home-builder, homebuilder, house-builder, housebuilder

   someone who builds houses as a business

   jerry-builder

   someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit

   road builder

   someone whose business is to build roads

   ship builder, shipbuilder

   a person who builds ships as a business

   defense contractor

   a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense

   hauler, haulier

   a haulage contractor

   ship-breaker

   a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap

   subcontractor

   someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor

   type of:

   contractor

   (law) a party to a contract
2. noun

   a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
   “empire builder”

   type of:

   creator

   a person who grows or makes or invents things
3. noun

   a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
   synonyms: detergent builder

   types:

   sodium pyrophosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate

   a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents

   sodium tripolyphosphate

   a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents

   tribasic sodium phosphate, trisodium orthophosphate, trisodium phosphate

   the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents

   type of:

   material, stuff

   the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object