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noun de·vel·op·er \-lÉ™-pÉ™r\

: a person or company that builds and sells houses or other buildings on a piece of land

: a person or company that creates computer software

: a chemical that is used to develop photographs

Full Definition of DEVELOPER

:  one that develops: as

a :  a chemical used to develop exposed photographic materials

b :  a person who develops real estate

c :  a person or company that develops computer software

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Examples of DEVELOPER

1. <the developer of software that is used the world over>

First Known Use of DEVELOPER

1796

Related to DEVELOPER

Synonyms

contriver, designer, inventor, deviser, formulator, innovator, introducer, originator

Related Words

author, begetter, creator, establisher, father, founder, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter (or institutor), sire; groundbreaker, pioneer, planner, researcher, researchist; builder, maker, producer; dreamer; codeveloper, coinventer, coproducer, coresearcher

Near Antonyms

aper, copier, copycat, duplicator, imitator, mimic