Restructurers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or group responsible for modifying the structure or organization of an entity
2. someone involved in reorganizing a company to improve efficiency or effectiveness
3. an individual who plans and implements changes to the framework of a system or project

Etymology: "Restructurers" is simply the plural of "restructurer," so it is the form of a word built from "restructure" and the agent suffix "-er," which turns a verb into a noun for someone who performs the action. The verb "restructure" is itself made from "re-," meaning again, and "structure," so a restructurer is, in effect, a person who builds a structure again, reorganising its parts into a new arrangement. The "-er" ending is one of English's oldest and most productive suffixes, so "restructurer" follows the same pattern as words like "teacher" or "designer." Its formation is transparent, which means the word carries no hidden history of its own: its sense comes entirely from the verb it grows out of, and it describes someone who takes apart and reassembles a framework in a business, project or system.

Synonyms: reorganizers, reformers