inventor

noun

Definition of inventornext
as in designer
one who creates or introduces something new the inventor of the electric light bulb

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  1. designer
  2. developer
  3. founder
  4. creator
  5. originator
Noun
  • The designer remodeled the garage to contain his design studio and a sleeping loft that allows the couple to host overnight guests, given that the second bedroom functions as an office.
    Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Specialty nurseries devoted to breeding, growing and selling rare and unusual plants are slowly disappearing in Southern California, due to high real estate costs and waning interest (or ignorance) from gardeners and landscape designers.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of designer
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  • The project also is slated to include onsite above-ground parking, though Eric Brown, senior vice president of policy and communications for developer BRIDGE Housing Corp., said the number of parking spaces is still being determined.
    Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Monster Hunter Wilds director Yuya Tokuda also revealed what improvements the developer will implement into the final game based on player feedback in a pre-launch community update.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of developer
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  • For financial planners and their clients, the challenge now is gauging how much of a benefit increase to expect and when to expect it, said Joe Elsasser, founder and president of Covisum, a Social Security claiming software company.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That had much to do with the party’s history: Its founders in 1972 included former Nazi soldiers, collaborators with the wartime Vichy regime and onetime members of a group that carried out deadly attacks meant to thwart Algeria’s struggle to free itself from French colonial rule.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of founder
Noun
  • William Arruda is a personal branding pioneer, keynote speaker, founder of Reach Personal Branding, and creator of the 360Reach Personal Brand Survey ...
    William Arruda, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Here's how some of these creators are preparing for the ban.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of creator
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  • Jon Howard is a mortgage loan originator at Lucid Lending, a mortgage broker.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The desire to monetize and showcase breaking on bigger platforms in the United States will likely make keeping it solely under the watch and influence of the originators of the art form impossible.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of originator
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