locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 

lō-ˈkā-

variants or less commonly locater

: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)

Examples of locator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To find a Michigan location, use the company's store locator. —Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025

JCPenney has four stores in Idaho, including the store on Milwaukee Street in Boise, and one each in Nampa, Twin Falls and Idaho Falls, according to its store locator. —Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2025

Boulos, 69, is not yet listed in the ICE detention locator system due to a backlog of recent ICE arrests. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025

Information about detainees are found at ICE’s online detainee locator or call the Northern California field office at 415-844-5512. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing locator

• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator

Rhymes for locator

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator
• relator

Kids Definition

locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor

variants also locater

ˈlō-ˌkāt-ər 

lō-ˈkāt-

: one that locates something (as a mining claim or the course of a road)