Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shipbuilder

3 senses of shipbuilder

Sense 1
shipwright, shipbuilder, ship builder -- (a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels)
       => wright -- (someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination))

Sense 2
shipbuilder, ship builder -- (a person who builds ships as a business)
       => builder, constructor -- (someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building))

Sense 3
shipbuilder -- (a business that builds and repairs ships)
       => business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")