programmer

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɚ/ UK /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/
noun Freq #23618

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who writes computer programs.

    As a programmer, she spends most of her day writing code.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who writes... codercomputer programmersoftware engineer
Word family
Forms programmers
Derived forms brogrammermicroprogrammernonprogrammersubprogrammersuperprogrammersysprogthermoprogrammer
Related forms it

Etymology

*program + -er (US) / programme + -er (UK)

Topics

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