locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 

lō-ˈkā-

variants or less commonly locater

: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)

Examples of locator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To find a Michigan location, use the company's store locator. —Lori Comstock, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025

This was based on local news reports, review websites and the company's own store locator. —Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025

The next morning, his son’s girlfriend checked ICE’s detainee locator, which gives the name and address of the detention center where someone is being held, but his son was no longer listed as being in federal custody. —Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

The chain already has a store locator page showing which of its outlets will participate in the midnight sale, here. —Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing locator

• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator

Rhymes for locator

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator
• relator

Kids Definition

locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor

variants also locater

ˈlō-ˌkāt-ər 

lō-ˈkāt-

: one that locates something (as a mining claim or the course of a road)