housebuilder

Examples

• All

• My father was a barber and sometime housebuilder.

  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

• Even for the reluctant housebuilder, making a home in the suburbs was an attractive option (Harris 1990).

  Academic text (1991)

• The local housebuilder completed the new homes on time and within budget.

• After years of training, she became a successful housebuilder specializing in eco-friendly designs.

• Each housebuilder must adhere to local regulations to ensure safety and quality in construction.

Synonyms

D

developer

vshousebuilder

145 3.6

A person or company who buys land, improves it, and sells it for profit

builds houses to sell rather than buying and improving land

B

builder

vshousebuilder

111 1.0

A person or company that organizes and supervises building work

specifies building houses for sale rather than any type of building

H

home-builder

vshousebuilder

9 2.7

A person or company that builds houses as a business

is about building houses to sell rather than personal projects

H

homebuilder

vshousebuilder

4 3.5

A person or company that makes houses for people to live in

focuses on building houses to sell for profit

C

constructor

vshousebuilder

3 5.5

A person or company that builds and manages projects like houses and bridges

focuses on building houses commercially rather than general construction contracts

H

house-builder

vshousebuilder

2.4

A person or company that makes houses to sell

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen

How Big

developer

145 3.6

housebuilder

• UK

1 2.8

contractor

354 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology