INSTITUTOR Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

instituter

noun

variants or institutor

Definition of instituter

as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor Eli Whitney is known as the instituter of the American system of manufacture on account of his pioneering concept of the mass production of interchangeable parts

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Noun

Fawaz briefly brought me up to date on Singer’s story, which stretches back to 2008 when founder Rob Dickinson started working on his own 1969 Porsche 911E in Los Angeles.

— Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Rounding out the Dialogues latest additions is Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, founders of Killer Films, also in conversation in Toronto.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 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

Definition of father

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Unlike the low-tech solution in American author Mary Mapes Dodge's 19th-century story, modern dike patrols are able to plot possible problems caused by drought in an app and send it to authorities who can then quickly carry our repairs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, and Smarter Faster Better, also a bestseller.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of author

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Also on campus, the Old Capitol Museum retraces the footsteps of the state’s founding fathers in Iowa’s original Capitol, while the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History explores Iowa’s 500 million years of history.

— Samantha Lande, Midwest Living, 30 July 2026
But a century ago, even the founding fathers were thinking about the future of this fruit.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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