BEGETTER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

begetter

noun

Definition of begetter

as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor Michael Faraday is widely hailed as one of the begetters of electromagnetism, the field of study that sparked a technological revolution

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Recent Examples of begetter The older picture of Paul as the begetter of Christian antisemitism became, for obvious reasons, intolerable to many believing scholars after the Holocaust, and a counter-reading took shape that tried to return him to a sturdier Jewish setting. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

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Erik Tegner, a journalist and founder of the conservative publication Frontières, was confronted after leaving a bar with friends on Wednesday night.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
Rick Doblin, the founder and president of MAPS, had identified, decades earlier, that veterans, as a sympathetic constituency, were the surest route to bipartisan support.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of founder

Noun

Architect Francisco Urcola, icon and creator of San Sebastián’s Victoria Eugenia Theater and the Monumental Bullring in Seville, designed this place.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
In Detroit, El-Sayed posed for photos and participated in interviews with content creators at a backyard pool party before a final rally with supporters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of creator

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Armstrong's family bought the home in 1944 after his father had moved them about a dozen times with his job as a government auditor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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