creator

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US /kɹiːˈæ̝ɪ̯təː/ UK /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/
noun name Freq #8308

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Something or someone which creates or makes something.

    Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

  2. 2
    noun

    Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

    creator economy

  3. 3
    noun

    A player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker.

    Hernández is not a creator and suffered from a lack of service in previous seasons.

  4. 4
    name

    A god who created the Universe; God.

    Who changed the trueth of God into a lye, and worshipped and serued the creature more then the Creatour, who is blessed for euer. Amen.

  5. 5
    noun

    a person who grows or makes or invents things

  6. 6
    noun

    The deity that created the world.

Etymology

From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright).

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Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms anticreatorcocreatorcreatorhoodcreatorlesscreatorlikecreatorshipmiscreatornoncreatorsubcreator
Related forms createcreationcreationalcreationallycreationarilycreationarycreativecreatrixcreaturemakerprocreaterecreate

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