DEVELOPER Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

developer

noun

di-ˈve-lə-pər

Definition of developer

as in inventor

one who creates or introduces something new the developer of software that is used the world over

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Recent Examples of developer Residents raised concerns about noise, water, traffic and property values; the developer scaled it back, but commissioners rejected it 5-1 on July 15. — Kam Shenai, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026 In July, OpenAI revealed that its bots had collaborated to hack another AI developer, Hugging Face, after escaping a testing environment. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Naturalls is our way of putting that reality in front of the designers and product developers who buy and build with denim every day. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Jamestown, the developer behind Ponce City Market, says their accounts have now been paid in full. — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for developer

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Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten’s friend and inventor of the Pogo dance, was on drums.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
With steel and aluminum in limited supply in World War II, Allied forces gave serious consideration to a proposal made by English inventor Geoffrey Pyke to build ships out of little more than frozen water.

— Mike McRae September 16, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inventor

Noun

Larsson tapped her go-to footwear designer, PC Footwear, for her set, clad in a pair of custom metallic pink buckle boots.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
The terraces surrounding it have been landscaped by Giorgio Fornari, the visual mastermind who also creates the elaborate and evocative sets for the designers’ fashion shows.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of designer

Noun

That idea is behind NewTree Social, an early-stage community events app from 29-year-old founder Maddy O'Connor.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Bass-Moore, now an actress and playwright in New York, worked in community engagement at Texas and was the co-founder and director of the university’s Fearless Leadership Institute.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of founder

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The audience becomes a training environment, available to provide instant feedback to anything a creator publishes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Co-creator and showrunner Dario Scardapane has also exited the series, which is in the midst of post-production.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

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