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

Additionally, a source familiar with the actor's position clarified to Entertainment Weekly that Gere's comments at the 1993 Oscars merely upset one of the ceremony's TV broadcast producers, Gil Cates, rather than any actual representatives of the Academy itself. —Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025

Price dictates the market and decisions, Braschi said, adding that if a product costs less and achieves the results every brand desires, producers must comply with this rule. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025

Shipping decarbonization is a ‘trillion-dollar industry’ CATL is the world’s leading producer of lithium-ion batteries. —Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025

There’s Black Label co-founder Teddy Park, who has produced and co-written for Blackpink, and producer Lindgren (BTS, behemoth girl group Twice). —Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 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