BUILDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does builder mean?
• BUILDER (noun)
The noun BUILDER has 3 senses:
1. a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
2. a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
3. someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
Familiarity information: BUILDER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BUILDER (noun)
Meaning:
A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
builder; detergent builder
Hypernyms ("builder" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "builder"):
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)
Meaning:
A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
empire builder
Hypernyms ("builder" is a kind of...):
creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
Meaning:
Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
constructor; builder
Hypernyms ("builder" is a kind of...):
contractor ((law) a party to a contract)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "builder"):
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)
