creator

[kree-ey-ter]

noun

1. a person or thing that creates.

2. Also called content creator. 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. an epithet of God

creator

²

/ kriːˈeɪtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that creates; originator

Other Word Forms

• creatorship noun
• creatress 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

Euphoria creator Sam Levinson describes Elordi as “old school, in the sense that there’s nothing that can distract him from a scene.”

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And this did not seem to be the best image for the creator of the mobile, whose greatest achievement was to liberate sculpture from the earth.

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Made by Japanese blind-box creator Dreams, Sonny Angels weren’t available in Weibel’s rural hometown of Green Lane, Pa. He got his hands on one while visiting a relative in Austin, Texas.

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To understand this unlikely plot twist, I had coffee with a former student, Emma Baker, creator of the podcast Stargirl, who also runs a personal training business.

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The 29-year-old makes more than $175,000 a year from her job as a traveling nurse and her side gig as an online content creator.

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Related Words

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