leveler

Grader for roads

A leveler is someone or something that makes things level or equal.

The word often describes forces that erase distinctions: Death is the great leveler.

In construction, a leveler is a tool or device for creating flat surfaces.

Historically, the Levellers were 17th-century English radicals who advocated political equality.

instrument

bubble

Air-filled film sphere

gauge · surveyor · tripod · straightedge · transit · theodolite · clinometer · alignment · calibration · horizontal

egalitarian

democrat

Advocate for popular rule

radical · socialist · activist · campaigner · proponent · champion · suffragist · redistributor · emancipator · abolitionist

equalizer

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

counterbalance · regulator · neutralizer · offset · stabilizer · adjuster · moderator · corrective · compensator

tool

grader

One who assigns scores

earthmover · roller · paver · excavator · backhoe · shovel · trowel · rake · hoe · spade

setback

humbler

More modest or unassuming

adversity · hardship · reversal · upset · disappointment · loss · defeat · humiliation · catastrophe · disaster

Categories
Opposites
social hierarchy

levelerelitist

One favoring the privileged

snob · snoot · aristocrat · hierarchist · social climber

construction/destruction

levelerbuilder

One who erects structures

constructor · erector · creator · developer · raiser

differentiation

levelerdifferentiator

What makes one distinct

distinguisher · separator · divider · ranker · classifier

Phrases
Family

level, levels, leveling, leveled, leveller, unlevel, unleveled, sea level, water level

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G