creator

[ kree-ey-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that creates.
2. Also called con·tent cre·a·tor [kon, -tent kree-ey-ter]. a person who publishes original content online:

   The site makes it possible for all kinds of creators to make a viable income doing what they truly love and sharing it with their fans.

3. the Creator, God.

Creator

¹

/ kriːˈeɪtə /

noun

1. the Creator
   the Creator an epithet of God

creator

²

/ kriːˈeɪtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that creates; originator

Derived Forms

• creˈatress, noun:feminine
• creˈatorˌship, noun

Other Words From

• cre·a·tor·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of creator¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English creato(u)r, creatur(e), from Anglo-French creator, creature, Old French creatur, criator, from Latin creātor, equivalent to creā(re) create + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Windheim is part of a new group of online creators who are toying with deepfakes as the technology grows increasingly accessible and seeps into internet culture.

From MIT Technology Review

The money will also bring in the creators that are making the Netflix series and all that.

From Digiday

One of the big stories for Apple lately is Fortnite creator Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple’s App Store fees—a key part of the titan’s services business that has long come under fire for antitrust concerns.

From Fortune

It does, however, have the foundations in place to be a success, from the creators to the Hollywood execs that bankroll it.

From Digiday

Now consider TikTok’s famed content-recommendation algorithm that powers its “For You” page and enables a video to go viral even if its creator doesn’t have many followers.

From Digiday

Its fearless creator opens up about the hilarious new season.

From The Daily Beast

At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.

From The Daily Beast

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

From The Daily Beast

The creator Armando Iannucci adapted the concept for an American audience in Veep.

From The Daily Beast

Creator Takeuchi has described the handsome, older (than Sailor Moon) boy as her favorite character in the series.

From The Daily Beast

And in like manner, no sinner can say that he had a claim upon the Creator to be brought into being free from the curse.

From Project Gutenberg

But he, by his great Creator, favoured highly above them, is called to obedience in a way to them unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

The question therefore returns with double force, had the world a creator or did it make itself?

From Project Gutenberg

If we admit that these worlds had a beginning, we are compelled to seek a cause for that beginning: that is to say, a Creator.

From Project Gutenberg

The Scot has a way of treating his Creator very much as if He were the next-door neighbour.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• architect
• author
• designer
• founder
• maker
• producer