Definition of BUILDER

builder

Plural: builders

Noun

  • A person or company that constructs something.
  • a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
  • a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
    • "empire builder"
  • someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
  • One who builds or constructs things.
  • Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  • Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
  • Clipping of bodybuilder.

Examples

  • The BUILDER of bingos meticulously crafted words from his rack.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English byldere
English builder
From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

Synonyms

constructor, detergent builder, destroyer, wrecker

Scrabble Score: 10

builder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
builder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
builder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

builder: valid Words With Friends Word