creators

noun

plural of creator
as in founders
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true

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Recent Examples of creators The league now brings content creators to regular season games, too, and has broadened its reach to include more than just baseball and sports creators. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026 In fact no one from Friends, not the cast, not guest stars, not co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane appear in the docuseries. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 The platform is beginning to roll out a new long-form, horizontal video format called Features, which will allow podcasters, comedians, and other creators to make videos up to 90 minutes long. — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 One of Miami’s most popular barbecue spots is starting a weekend pop-up in Hollywood — and its creators are considering the possibility of opening a full-time restaurant there. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 Tubi and TikTok have joined forces to introduce the Creatorverse Incubator, where Tubi will invest in 12 creators to develop 10 original series based on their TikTok content. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Some creators recommend the bag, positioning it as the ultimate back-to-school design. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Grant and Marston speak of being influenced by passionate social media creators who celebrate books, wanting to build a community as much as an event space. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Upstairs, an equally large replica of the Xbox Series X console is covered in its creators’ signatures. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creators
  1. founders
  2. authors
  3. inventors
  4. fathers
Noun
  • In 2019, the brand appointed Dorian Tarantini and Matteo Mena, the founders and creative directors of the now-shuttered label M1992, to launch a new line called 1910 Borbonese, under the watch of then-CEO Alessandro Pescara.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • All of that and not to mention my dad was one of the original founders of the AYSO.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of founders
Noun
  • The study authors estimated that permanent Daylight Saving Time would result in approximately 356 million additional school commutes before sunrise each year in those 14 states, compared with the current system.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The authors note that high-functioning depression is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5, the manual clinicians use to diagnose mental health conditions.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of authors
Noun
  • Earlier inventors explored similar ideas, but Bell’s work made the telephone a practical technology.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The women are the inventors of Jogbra, the world’s first sports bra, which made its debut in 1977.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventors
Noun
  • Soon the fathers, mothers and grandparents cheering girls’ soccer teams will exchange their uncomfortable folding chairs for the hard bleacher seats of indoor soccer or basketball.
    — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Roughly 24 hours after the fathers told the court about the surrogate giving birth, Uthmeier’s office petitioned to intervene as a party in the court case.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of fathers

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“Creators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creators. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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