shipbuilder

English Thesaurus

1. a business that builds and repairs ships (noun.group)

hypernym	:	business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern,
definition	:	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it (noun.group)

member meronym	:	shipbuilding industry,
definition	:	an industry that builds ships (noun.group)

2. a person who builds ships as a business (noun.person)

hypernym	:	builder, constructor,
definition	:	someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) (noun.person)

3. a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels (noun.person)

hypernym	:	wright,
definition	:	someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination) (noun.person)