road builder

Asphalt laying crew

A road builder is a person or company that constructs roads—clearing land, grading surfaces, laying asphalt or concrete.

The term applies equally to highway contractors and ancient laborers who paved Roman routes.

Figuratively, a road builder is anyone who creates pathways for others to follow: She was a road builder for women in science.

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Opposites
construction vs destruction

road builderdemolition crew

Team that destroys buildings

excavator

development vs preservation

road builderconservationist

Protector of natural resources

environmentalist

Family

road, builder, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside, roadsides, roadster, roadsters

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G