facilitator

noun

fa·​cil·​i·​ta·​tor fə-ˈsi-lə-ˌtā-tər 

: someone or something that facilitates something

especially : someone who helps to bring about an outcome (such as learning, productivity, or communication) by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision

the workshop's facilitator kept discussion flowing smoothly

Examples of facilitator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are four healing circles at this camp, each led by a facilitator with clinical experience. —Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

As two Intel board members are also the founders of Sequoia Capital, Jim Goetz, and Walden International, Lip-Bu Tan—were cited by Congress and Future Union as top facilitators of tech transfer to China’s military sector. —Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025

This is where design considerations become crucial and where governance should be principles-based rather than rigid—developed as a facilitator as well as a mitigator of risk. —Aman Wasan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Known as a facilitator with access to his own airplanes, Jasme wasn’t just well known in Colombian cocaine drug trafficking circles. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

facilitate + -or entry 1

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for facilitator

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