developer

noun

de·​vel·​op·​er di-ˈve-lə-pər 

dē-

: one that develops: such 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

Synonyms of developer

• inventor
• designer
• founder
• creator

Examples of developer in a Sentence

the developer of software that is used the world over

Recent Examples on the Web

In the past, many housing developers have shied away from building affordable housing because assembling the subsidies needed to make construction profitable is challenging. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

The global professional services company gets top ratings for software engineers and web developers, among other fields. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 June 2026

The German robot developer Neura has put more than a thousand industrial workers in motion-capture suits, and is using these data to train humanoids. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

And those diagnostic insights—captured, connected and made available at scale—are exactly what drug developers need to build the therapies that can truly deliver on precision medicine. — Lisa Gurry, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing developer

• co-developer

Kids Definition

developer

noun

de·​vel·​op·​er di-ˈvel-ə-pər 

: one that develops: as

a

: a chemical used to develop exposed photographic materials

b

: a person who develops real estate

especially : one who divides land and builds and sells houses on it