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inventor
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discoverer |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, builder, coiner, creator, designer, experimenter, father, founder, innovator, maker, originator, pioneer |
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| Main Entry: | artist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person skilled in creative activity |
| Synonyms: | artisan, artiste, authority, composer, craftsperson, creator, expert, handicrafter, inventor, painter, virtuoso, whiz* |
| Antonyms: | scientist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | builder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | construction worker |
| Synonyms: | architect, artisan, constructor, contractor, craftsperson, erector, fabricator, framer, inventor, maker, manufacturer, mason, originator, producer |
| Antonyms: | wrecker |
| Main Entry: | designer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, costumier, couturier, deviser, engineer, fabricator, fashion designer, fashioner, inventor, maker, originator, planner, producer |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who puts together things |
| Synonyms: | architect, builder, contriver, designer, deviser, director, inventor, manager, manipulator, originator, planner, schemer, sights, surveyor, techie, technie |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who establishes an institution |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Main Entry: | originator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, begetter, designer, discoverer, father, founder, initiator, innovator, inventor, maker, mastermind, mother, pioneer, producer |
| Main Entry: | patriarch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male head |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, architect, author, chief, creator, elder, father, founder, gaffer, generator, grandfather, graybeard, head, inventor, maker, master, old man, originator, paterfamilias, ruler, senior, sire |
| Antonyms: | matriarch |
| Main Entry: | starter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | initiator, innovator, inventor, opener, originator, pioneer |
| Antonyms: | adherent, follower, successor |
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