diff --git a/builtin/core.wren b/builtin/core.wren
index c108a744..4186e200 100644
--- a/builtin/core.wren
+++ b/builtin/core.wren
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Sequence {
 }
 
 class MapSequence is Sequence {
-  this new(sequence, fn) {
+  construct new(sequence, fn) {
     _sequence = sequence
     _fn = fn
   }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class MapSequence is Sequence {
 }
 
 class WhereSequence is Sequence {
-  this new(sequence, fn) {
+  construct new(sequence, fn) {
     _sequence = sequence
     _fn = fn
   }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class String is Sequence {
 }
 
 class StringByteSequence is Sequence {
-  this new(string) {
+  construct new(string) {
     _string = string
   }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Map {
 }
 
 class MapKeySequence is Sequence {
-  this new(map) {
+  construct new(map) {
     _map = map
   }
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class MapKeySequence is Sequence {
 }
 
 class MapValueSequence is Sequence {
-  this new(map) {
+  construct new(map) {
     _map = map
   }
 
diff --git a/doc/site/classes.markdown b/doc/site/classes.markdown
index 5ec2c82b..317e1416 100644
--- a/doc/site/classes.markdown
+++ b/doc/site/classes.markdown
@@ -172,18 +172,18 @@ constructor, like so:
 
     :::dart
     class Unicorn {
-      this new(name, color) {
+      construct new(name, color) {
         IO.print("My name is " + name + " and I am " + color + ".")
       }
     }
 
-The `this` before the method name makes it a constructor. The `new` isn't
+The `construct` before the method name makes it a constructor. The `new` isn't
 special. Constructors can have any name you like, which lets you clarify how it
 creates the instance:
 
     :::dart
     class Unicorn {
-      this brown(name) {
+      construct brown(name) {
         IO.print("My name is " + name + " and I am brown.")
       }
     }
diff --git a/doc/site/syntax.markdown b/doc/site/syntax.markdown
index 27f32d4a..00f0b748 100644
--- a/doc/site/syntax.markdown
+++ b/doc/site/syntax.markdown
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Some people like to see all of the reserved words in a programming language in
 one lump. If you're one of those folks, here you go:
 
     :::dart
-    break class else false for foreign if import in
-    is null return static super this true var while
+    break class construct else false for foreign if import
+    in is null return static super this true var while
 
 ## Identifiers
 
diff --git a/example/syntax.wren b/example/syntax.wren
index 976eb18e..affd4462 100644
--- a/example/syntax.wren
+++ b/example/syntax.wren
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Class definition with a toplevel name.
 class SyntaxExample {
   // Constructor
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     // Top-level name `IO`
     IO.print("I am a constructor!")
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SyntaxExample {
   }
 
   // Constructor with arguments
-  this constructor(a, b) {
+  construct constructor(a, b) {
     print(a, b)
     field = a
   }
diff --git a/src/vm/wren_compiler.c b/src/vm/wren_compiler.c
index 46d021f7..c0cfdf4a 100644
--- a/src/vm/wren_compiler.c
+++ b/src/vm/wren_compiler.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ typedef enum
 
   TOKEN_BREAK,
   TOKEN_CLASS,
+  TOKEN_CONSTRUCT,
   TOKEN_ELSE,
   TOKEN_FALSE,
   TOKEN_FOR,
@@ -628,6 +629,7 @@ static void readName(Parser* parser, TokenType type)
 
   if (isKeyword(parser, "break")) type = TOKEN_BREAK;
   else if (isKeyword(parser, "class")) type = TOKEN_CLASS;
+  else if (isKeyword(parser, "construct")) type = TOKEN_CONSTRUCT;
   else if (isKeyword(parser, "else")) type = TOKEN_ELSE;
   else if (isKeyword(parser, "false")) type = TOKEN_FALSE;
   else if (isKeyword(parser, "for")) type = TOKEN_FOR;
@@ -2489,6 +2491,7 @@ GrammarRule rules[] =
   /* TOKEN_BANGEQ        */ INFIX_OPERATOR(PREC_EQUALITY, "!="),
   /* TOKEN_BREAK         */ UNUSED,
   /* TOKEN_CLASS         */ UNUSED,
+  /* TOKEN_CONSTRUCT     */ { NULL, NULL, constructorSignature, PREC_NONE, NULL },
   /* TOKEN_ELSE          */ UNUSED,
   /* TOKEN_FALSE         */ PREFIX(boolean),
   /* TOKEN_FOR           */ UNUSED,
@@ -2501,7 +2504,7 @@ GrammarRule rules[] =
   /* TOKEN_RETURN        */ UNUSED,
   /* TOKEN_STATIC        */ UNUSED,
   /* TOKEN_SUPER         */ PREFIX(super_),
-  /* TOKEN_THIS          */ { this_, NULL, constructorSignature, PREC_NONE, NULL },
+  /* TOKEN_THIS          */ PREFIX(this_),
   /* TOKEN_TRUE          */ PREFIX(boolean),
   /* TOKEN_VAR           */ UNUSED,
   /* TOKEN_WHILE         */ UNUSED,
@@ -3239,17 +3242,20 @@ static void variableDefinition(Compiler* compiler)
 // like the non-curly body of an if or while.
 void definition(Compiler* compiler)
 {
-  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_CLASS)) {
+  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_CLASS))
+  {
     classDefinition(compiler);
     return;
   }
 
-  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_IMPORT)) {
+  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_IMPORT))
+  {
     import(compiler);
     return;
   }
 
-  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_VAR)) {
+  if (match(compiler, TOKEN_VAR))
+  {
     variableDefinition(compiler);
     return;
   }
diff --git a/src/vm/wren_core.c b/src/vm/wren_core.c
index 3c66a810..efbde00e 100644
--- a/src/vm/wren_core.c
+++ b/src/vm/wren_core.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static const char* coreLibSource =
 "}\n"
 "\n"
 "class MapSequence is Sequence {\n"
-"  this new(sequence, fn) {\n"
+"  construct new(sequence, fn) {\n"
 "    _sequence = sequence\n"
 "    _fn = fn\n"
 "  }\n"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static const char* coreLibSource =
 "}\n"
 "\n"
 "class WhereSequence is Sequence {\n"
-"  this new(sequence, fn) {\n"
+"  construct new(sequence, fn) {\n"
 "    _sequence = sequence\n"
 "    _fn = fn\n"
 "  }\n"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static const char* coreLibSource =
 "}\n"
 "\n"
 "class StringByteSequence is Sequence {\n"
-"  this new(string) {\n"
+"  construct new(string) {\n"
 "    _string = string\n"
 "  }\n"
 "\n"
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static const char* coreLibSource =
 "}\n"
 "\n"
 "class MapKeySequence is Sequence {\n"
-"  this new(map) {\n"
+"  construct new(map) {\n"
 "    _map = map\n"
 "  }\n"
 "\n"
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static const char* coreLibSource =
 "}\n"
 "\n"
 "class MapValueSequence is Sequence {\n"
-"  this new(map) {\n"
+"  construct new(map) {\n"
 "    _map = map\n"
 "  }\n"
 "\n"
diff --git a/test/benchmark/binary_trees.wren b/test/benchmark/binary_trees.wren
index cab1df23..3bf44d03 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/binary_trees.wren
+++ b/test/benchmark/binary_trees.wren
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Ported from the Python version.
 
 class Tree {
-  this new(item, depth) {
+  construct new(item, depth) {
     _item = item
     if (depth > 0) {
       var item2 = item + item
diff --git a/test/benchmark/delta_blue.wren b/test/benchmark/delta_blue.wren
index 9c578f58..4c88d6db 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/delta_blue.wren
+++ b/test/benchmark/delta_blue.wren
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var ORDERED = null
 // disrupting current constraints.  Strengths cannot be created outside
 // this class, so == can be used for value comparison.
 class Strength {
-  this new(value, name) {
+  construct new(value, name) {
     _value = value
     _name = name
   }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ORDERED = [
 var ThePlanner
 
 class Constraint {
-  this new(strength) {
+  construct new(strength) {
     _strength = strength
   }
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Constraint {
 
 // Abstract superclass for constraints having a single possible output variable.
 class UnaryConstraint is Constraint {
-  this new(myOutput, strength) {
+  construct new(myOutput, strength) {
     super(strength)
     _satisfied = false
     _myOutput = myOutput
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class UnaryConstraint is Constraint {
 // change their output during plan execution.  This is called "stay
 // optimization".
 class StayConstraint is UnaryConstraint {
-  this new(variable, strength) {
+  construct new(variable, strength) {
     super(variable, strength)
   }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class StayConstraint is UnaryConstraint {
 // A unary input constraint used to mark a variable that the client
 // wishes to change.
 class EditConstraint is UnaryConstraint {
-  this new(variable, strength) {
+  construct new(variable, strength) {
     super(variable, strength)
   }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ var BACKWARD = 0
 // Abstract superclass for constraints having two possible output
 // variables.
 class BinaryConstraint is Constraint {
-  this new(v1, v2, strength) {
+  construct new(v1, v2, strength) {
     super(strength)
     _v1 = v1
     _v2 = v2
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class BinaryConstraint is Constraint {
 // this relationship but the scale factor and offset are considered
 // read-only.
 class ScaleConstraint is BinaryConstraint {
-  this new(src, scale, offset, dest, strength) {
+  construct new(src, scale, offset, dest, strength) {
     _scale = scale
     _offset = offset
     super(src, dest, strength)
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class ScaleConstraint is BinaryConstraint {
 
 // Constrains two variables to have the same value.
 class EqualityConstraint is BinaryConstraint {
-  this new(v1, v2, strength) {
+  construct new(v1, v2, strength) {
     super(v1, v2, strength)
   }
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class EqualityConstraint is BinaryConstraint {
 // various parameters of interest to the DeltaBlue incremental
 // constraint solver.
 class Variable {
-  this new(name, value) {
+  construct new(name, value) {
     _constraints = []
     _determinedBy = null
     _mark = 0
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class Variable {
 // to resatisfy all currently satisfiable constraints in the face of
 // one or more changing inputs.
 class Plan {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _list = []
   }
 
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class Plan {
 }
 
 class Planner {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _currentMark = 0
   }
 
diff --git a/test/benchmark/method_call.wren b/test/benchmark/method_call.wren
index 799c92b2..71579357 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/method_call.wren
+++ b/test/benchmark/method_call.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Toggle {
-  this new(startState) {
+  construct new(startState) {
     _state = startState
   }
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Toggle {
 }
 
 class NthToggle is Toggle {
-  this new(startState, maxCounter) {
+  construct new(startState, maxCounter) {
     super(startState)
     _countMax = maxCounter
     _count = 0
diff --git a/test/core/sequence/map.wren b/test/core/sequence/map.wren
index 70b055fd..e977fe68 100644
--- a/test/core/sequence/map.wren
+++ b/test/core/sequence/map.wren
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Infinite iterator demonstrating that Sequence.map is not eager
 class FibIterator {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _current = 0
     _next = 1
   }
diff --git a/test/core/sequence/where.wren b/test/core/sequence/where.wren
index 3721433f..f59b3917 100644
--- a/test/core/sequence/where.wren
+++ b/test/core/sequence/where.wren
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Infinite iterator demonstrating that Sequence.where is not eager
 class FibIterator {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _current = 0
     _next = 1
   }
diff --git a/test/language/class/new.wren b/test/language/class/new.wren
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e0533a9..00000000
--- a/test/language/class/new.wren
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-class Foo {}
-
-var foo = Foo.new()
-IO.print(foo is Foo) // expect: true
-
-// TODO: Test precedence and grammar of what follows "new".
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/cannot_be_static.wren b/test/language/constructor/cannot_be_static.wren
index 7a61efd4..8885708d 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/cannot_be_static.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/cannot_be_static.wren
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 class Foo {
-  static this new() {} // expect error
-  this static new() {} // expect error
+  static construct new() {} // expect error
+  construct static new() {} // expect error
 }
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/cannot_call_initializer.wren b/test/language/constructor/cannot_call_initializer.wren
index d6bb8459..56a2993d 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/cannot_call_initializer.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/cannot_call_initializer.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     IO.print("ok")
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/default_calls_new.wren b/test/language/constructor/default_calls_new.wren
index 868a0cae..1c00bca0 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/default_calls_new.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/default_calls_new.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     IO.print("Foo.new()")
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/infix_class_expression.wren b/test/language/constructor/infix_class_expression.wren
deleted file mode 100644
index 23a9d599..00000000
--- a/test/language/constructor/infix_class_expression.wren
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-class Foo {
-  +(other) { "Foo " + other }
-}
-
-IO.print(Foo.new() + "value") // expect: Foo value
-
-// TODO: Other expressions following a constructor, like new Foo.bar("arg").
-// TODO: Delete this test?
-// TODO: Other constructor tests, like named constructors, etc.
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/named.wren b/test/language/constructor/named.wren
index b893775d..b1fc23a1 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/named.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/named.wren
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-// TODO: Change this.
-
 class Foo {
-  this named() { _field = "named" }
-  this other() { _field = "other" }
+  construct named() { _field = "named" }
+  construct other() { _field = "other" }
 
   toString { _field }
 }
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/no_default.wren b/test/language/constructor/no_default.wren
index f35bc783..287f1b83 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/no_default.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/no_default.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this real() {}
+  construct real() {}
 }
 
 // Classes do not get an argument-less "new()" if they define a constructor.
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/not_inherited.wren b/test/language/constructor/not_inherited.wren
index 159f2b35..eacbce17 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/not_inherited.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/not_inherited.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this base() {}
+  construct base() {}
 }
 
 class Bar is Foo {}
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/object.wren b/test/language/constructor/object.wren
index 708b554b..b60f99ac 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/object.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/object.wren
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 // super() call in a subclass, so this does that.
 
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super() // Should not cause a no method error.
     IO.print("ok")
   }
 }
 
 Foo.new() // expect: ok
-
-// TODO: Test that can't invoke initializer on existing instance.
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/super_must_have_args.wren b/test/language/constructor/super_must_have_args.wren
index 0676b3d6..47778f8b 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/super_must_have_args.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/super_must_have_args.wren
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class A {}
 
 class B is A {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super // expect error
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/language/constructor/superclass.wren b/test/language/constructor/superclass.wren
index 013d74ae..e292c513 100644
--- a/test/language/constructor/superclass.wren
+++ b/test/language/constructor/superclass.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class A {
-  this new(arg) {
+  construct new(arg) {
     IO.print("new A ", arg)
     _field = arg
   }
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class A {
 }
 
 class B is A {
-  this new(arg1, arg2) {
+  construct new(arg1, arg2) {
     super(arg2)
     IO.print("new B ", arg1)
     _field = arg1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class B is A {
 }
 
 class C is B {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super("one", "two")
     IO.print("new C")
     _field = "c"
diff --git a/test/language/field/closure.wren b/test/language/field/closure.wren
index 4b5a2774..3f0c27ba 100644
--- a/test/language/field/closure.wren
+++ b/test/language/field/closure.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() { _field = "Foo field" }
+  construct new() { _field = "Foo field" }
 
   closeOverGet {
     return Fn.new { _field }
diff --git a/test/language/field/object_reference.wren b/test/language/field/object_reference.wren
index c39b530b..5f29fa62 100644
--- a/test/language/field/object_reference.wren
+++ b/test/language/field/object_reference.wren
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // This test exists mainly to make sure the GC traces instance fields.
 class Node {
-  this new(left, value, right) {
+  construct new(left, value, right) {
     _left = left
     _value = value
     _right = right
diff --git a/test/language/for/truth.wren b/test/language/for/truth.wren
index e84031ee..ffbfe2b1 100644
--- a/test/language/for/truth.wren
+++ b/test/language/for/truth.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Iter {
-  this new(value) { _value = value }
+  construct new(value) { _value = value }
   iterate(iterator) { _value }
   iteratorValue(iterator) { "value" }
 }
diff --git a/test/language/inheritance/inherited_fields_in_closure.wren b/test/language/inheritance/inherited_fields_in_closure.wren
index a43f67e9..c9e8bfb1 100644
--- a/test/language/inheritance/inherited_fields_in_closure.wren
+++ b/test/language/inheritance/inherited_fields_in_closure.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() { _field = "Foo field" }
+  construct new() { _field = "Foo field" }
 
   closeOverFooGet {
     return Fn.new { Fn.new { _field } }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Foo {
 }
 
 class Bar is Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super()
     _field = "Bar field"
   }
diff --git a/test/language/setter/associativity.wren b/test/language/setter/associativity.wren
index ed32a0a8..4693502f 100644
--- a/test/language/setter/associativity.wren
+++ b/test/language/setter/associativity.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new(value) { _value = value }
+  construct new(value) { _value = value }
   toString { _value }
   bar=(value) {
     _value = value
diff --git a/test/limit/many_fields.wren b/test/limit/many_fields.wren
index a9067663..eed2a9b6 100644
--- a/test/limit/many_fields.wren
+++ b/test/limit/many_fields.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _field1 = 1
     _field2 = 2
     _field3 = 3
diff --git a/test/limit/many_inherited_fields.wren b/test/limit/many_inherited_fields.wren
index f5b668fb..c63e99b1 100644
--- a/test/limit/many_inherited_fields.wren
+++ b/test/limit/many_inherited_fields.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _field1 = 1
     _field2 = 2
     _field3 = 3
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Foo {
 }
 
 class Bar is Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super()
     _field129 = 129
     _field130 = 130
diff --git a/test/limit/too_many_fields.wren b/test/limit/too_many_fields.wren
index 12774ed0..974f4559 100644
--- a/test/limit/too_many_fields.wren
+++ b/test/limit/too_many_fields.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _field1 = 1
     _field2 = 2
     _field3 = 3
diff --git a/test/limit/too_many_inherited_fields.wren b/test/limit/too_many_inherited_fields.wren
index 067d8d35..0c90bff1 100644
--- a/test/limit/too_many_inherited_fields.wren
+++ b/test/limit/too_many_inherited_fields.wren
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo {
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     _field1 = 1
     _field2 = 2
     _field3 = 3
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Foo {
 }
 
 class Bar is Foo { // expect runtime error: Class 'Bar' may not have more than 255 fields, including inherited ones.
-  this new() {
+  construct new() {
     super()
     _field129 = 129
     _field130 = 130