maker
[noun]
Synonyms: manufacturer, builder, constructor, producer

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Related Words: executor, operator, manufacturer

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English Thesaurus: maker, producer, manufacturer, shipbuilder/boatbuilde

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mak‧er /ˈmeɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: make, remake, maker, making; verb: make, remake; adjective: unmade]

1. a person or company that makes a particular type of goods
car/film/shoe etc maker
a quality furniture maker
a leading Japanese computer maker
maker of
The makers of the car claim that it uses up to 50% less fuel than other similar cars.

2. a machine or piece of equipment that makes something
coffee/pasta etc maker
Grind the beans to suit your coffee maker.

3. decision maker/policy maker/peacemaker etc someone who does something or makes something happen:
Who’s the decision maker in this department?
health care administrators and policy makers ⇒ troublemaker, holidaymaker

4. meet your maker informal to die – used humorously

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

maker a company or person whose business is to make things to be sold, either by hand or using machines:
the country’s largest car maker
We got a cabinet maker (=someone who makes furniture from wood) to redo our kitchen for us.
producer a company or country that makes large quantities of something to be sold - often used about raw materials such as oil, coffee, or steel:
OPEC is an organization of 13 major oil producers.
Gold producers' shares went up by 50%.
manufacturer a company that makes things in large quantities, especially in a factory:
Clothing manufacturers have been feeling the effects of the recession.
a plane manufacturer
shipbuilder/boatbuilder a person or company that makes ships or boats:
a Japanese shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
He started out as a boatbuilder.

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