producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈdü-sər 

prō-, 

-ˈdyü-

1

: one that produces

especially : one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use

2

: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public

3

: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms compare consumer

Examples of producer in a Sentence

the producer of the play

He is the director and producer.

The country is the world's leading oil producer.

Recent Examples on the Web

Green and Wednesday executive producer and director Tim Burton have worked together a couple of times before, on 2016’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and 2012’s Dark Shadows film. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025

Douglas’ credits as a producer include the Wayans brothers’ Paramount pic Dance Flick and drama Days Of Wrath with Laurence Fishburne, while more recent features include To Get Her, War Dawgs, and Lunar Lockdown. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025

Chris Sims is a digital content producer at Midwest Connect Gannett. —Chris Sims, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025

And while livestock producers of organic beef and poultry can generate 40 to 60 percent more revenue per pound. —Kelly Damewood, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing producer

• co-producer
• hyper-producer
• producer gas
• producer goods

Rhymes for producer

• inducer
• reducer
• seducer
• transducer
• introducer
• reproducer
• looser

Kids Definition

producer

noun

pro·​duc·​er prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər 

1

: one that produces

especially : a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles

2

: a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program

3

: a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms compare consumer sense 2