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

Proactive Reputation Management In The AI Era To effectively counter this threat, corporate communicators must understand the mechanics of synthetic media and develop the reflexes and infrastructure to respond before falsehoods take root. —Deboshree Sarkar, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025

She's been a good communicator, which is the role of surgeon general. —Joe Walsh, CBS News, 7 May 2025

Many Democrats, especially progressives and younger activists, see Ocasio-Cortez as a hugely effective communicator and want the party to give her a much more visible role. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025

Yet there is a long history of science fiction inspiring people to become scientists and invent things like the flip phone, which was inspired by Star Trek's handheld communicators. —ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025

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