provider

noun

pro·​vid·​er prə-ˈvī-dər 

: one that provides

health care providers

an Internet provider

especially : breadwinner

Examples of provider in a Sentence

She works hard and is a good provider.

He is the sole provider for his family.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the last year, the city has scaled back funding across multiple homeless providers. —Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025

The network provides access to the internet to areas around the world whether there was no or sparse coverage, as well as enables wifi access on commercial airliners and cell-to-satellite service on select providers. —Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025

More notable moves Jeff Chesnut was appointed CFO of Conestoga Energy, a provider of low-carbon intensity, effective immediately. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025

Historically known as a content-delivery (CDN) provider, Akamai has recently repositioned itself as an edge-native cloud and AI compute platform, leveraging its global infrastructure footprint to offer lower-latency, lower-cost inference workloads. —Tony Zhang, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing provider

• access provider
• application service provider
• Internet service provider
• preferred provider
• preferred provider organization
• wireless provider

Rhymes for provider

• collider
• confider
• divider
• insider
• outsider
• cider
• cyder
• eider
• glider
• hider
• rider
• schneider