communicator

noun

com·​mu·​ni·​cat·​or kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tər 

: one that communicates something

Nor was Stroheim alone during the twenties in exploring the possibilities of the camera as communicator rather than manipulator.

—James Monaco

especially : a person who conveys information or knowledge to others

A true leader needs to be a good communicator.

Bluetooth is named for a 10th-century Danish king, Harald Bluetooth, a great communicator who united warring factions.

—Jessie Milligan

She tells me I'm a poor communicator, that I give out ambivalent signals.

—Blake Morrison

A patient representative is a listener, a communicator, and a catalyst for change from within the system.

—Barbara M. Swanson

Examples of communicator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And much like the Cowboys, Allen makes a lot of sense to be the lead communicator for Buffalo’s new 3-4 system. —Nick Harris april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026

Kai and his mother, theoretical physicist and science communicator Katia Moskvitch, co-host The Quantum Kid podcast, which recently crossed the 100,000 subscriber mark and has been nominated for a Webby Award. —ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026

The comet will be visible in the eastern sky in the constellations Pegasus and above Pisces, Chelsea Gohd, a science communicator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, explained in a video. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

British writer and science communicator Zion Lights, who runs the YouTube channel @SciencewithZi, took to the platform to explain what happened in an April 7 Short. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1550, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for communicator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• conciliator
• cooperator
• coordinator