producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈdü-sər 

prō-, 

-ˈdyü-

1

: one that produces

especially : one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use

2

: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public

3

: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms compare consumer

Examples of producer in a Sentence

the producer of the play

He is the director and producer.

The country is the world's leading oil producer.

Recent Examples on the Web

Filmed at Blaine’s Santa Monica comedy club The Crow, on a Y2K set by production designer and producer Kendall Iler, executive producers also include Nguyen, Blaine and Caramel Velez. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 June 2026

Governments around the globe coordinated a historic release of strategic reserves, while Gulf producers rerouted shipments through alternative export routes. —Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026

If price declines outpace output gains, total revenues in affected industries must fall, reducing the income available to workers and other producers despite higher levels of production. —James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

The dismissal of so many mainstay 60 Minutes producers and correspondents led many to question if Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim, the three remaining correspondents at the show, would also step away. —Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing producer

• co-producer
• hyper-producer
• producer gas
• producer goods

Rhymes for producer

• inducer
• reducer
• seducer
• transducer
• introducer
• reproducer
• looser

Kids Definition

producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər 

1

: one that produces

especially : a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles

2

: a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program

3

: a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms compare consumer sense 2