inventor (noun)
1inventor — invent ► VERB 1) create or design (a new device, process, etc.). 2) make up (a false story, name, etc.). DERIVATIVES inventor noun. ORIGIN Latin invenire contrive, discover …
2inventor — in‧ven‧tor [ɪnˈventə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person who makes or designs something for the first time: • James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner * * * inventor UK US /ɪnˈventər/ noun [C] ► someone who has invented something, or… …
3inventor — (n.) c.1500, a discoverer, from L. inventor (fem. inventrix) contriver, author, discoverer, agent noun from pp. stem of invenire (see INVENTION (Cf. invention)). Meaning one who contrives or produces a new thing or process is from 1550s …
4inventor — noun (C) someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things: the inventor of the vacuum cleaner …
5inventor — noun the inventor of the separating zipper Syn: originator, creator, innovator; designer, deviser, developer, maker, producer; author, architect; pioneer, mastermind, father, progenitor …
6inventor — noun see invent …
7inventor — noun One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation …
8inventor — noun Syn: originator, creator, designer, deviser, developer, author, architect, father …
9inventor */ — UK [ɪnˈventə(r)] / US [ɪnˈventər] noun [countable] Word forms inventor : singular inventor plural inventors someone who has invented something or whose job is to invent things inventor of: the inventor of instant colour film …
10inventor — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. author, originator, creator; see architect 1 , author 1 , designer . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. creator, originator, father, discoverer, designer, deviser, innovator, craftsman, builder, tinkerer, pioneer. III (Roget… …
