Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worldbuilder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: world-builder
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who constructs a world, especially a convincing fictional world for literature etc.

Example Sentences

"Many mistake my approach as hostile to the sacrosanct memory of J. R. R. Tolkien, undoubtedly one of the greatest worldbuilders of the 20th century and indirectly the father of both a literary and a gaming genre."
"We are weary of theoretical worldbuilders who strive to construct logical designs that weave together all components of the social fabric."

Etymology

From world + builder.

Inflected Forms

worldbuilders (plural)

Questions

What does worldbuilder mean?: One who constructs a world, especially a convincing fictional world for literature etc.
Where does worldbuilder come from?: From world + builder.

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