wall builder

Stacks stones vertically

Someone who constructs walls, either literally or figuratively.

The literal sense covers masons, contractors, and laborers who build physical barriers: We hired a wall builder to enclose the garden.

Figuratively, a wall builder creates emotional or social barriers, keeping others at a distance: He's always been a wall builder—impossible to get close to.

Related

trowel · scaffold · partition · barrier · fence · stone fence · fortification · rampart · craftsman · laborer · hard labor · cement · border · construction · contractor · plasterer · divide · blockade

Opposites
construction vs. destruction

wall builderdemolisher

One who destroys structures

wrecker · destroyer · dismantler · razer · salvager

division vs. connection

wall builderunifier

One who consolidates

connector · integrator · peacemaker · reconciler · door opener

political/symbolic barrier creation

wall builderglobalist

Advocate for worldwide integration

internationalist · multiculturalist · cosmopolitan · welcomer · Angela Merkel

Family

wall, builder, walls, walled, walling, build, builds, built, building

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G