facilitator

[ fuh-sil-i-tey-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that facilitates.
2. a person responsible for leading or coordinating the work of a group, as one who leads a group discussion:

   Each committee will meet with its facilitator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of facilitator¹

First recorded in 1815–25; facilitate + -or ²

Example Sentences

Lay facilitators have led group talk therapy sessions reaching a total of 70,000 women.

From Vox

In Oregon, Measure 109 is on the ballot in November, and if passed, the state will be the first in the US to allow psilocybin therapy to be administered by licensed facilitators.

From Vox

While testifying, Rice referred to performance facilitators in the Arise network as supervisors.

From ProPublica

There were no “supervisors,” only “performance facilitators.”

From ProPublica

The Sun’s Alyssa Thomas, for instance, serves as both their best rebounder and a primary facilitator, which coach Curt Miller thinks helps the Sun get more transition opportunities.

From FiveThirtyEight

From there grew the idea that inflammation itself could be a facilitator of metastatic growth.

From The Daily Beast

This is a local facilitator and two operatives coming from abroad on a mission with a connection to al Qaeda.

From The Daily Beast

It appears the two Russians were the likely operatives and the Turk was more of a facilitator.

From The Daily Beast

But he ended up governing like a facilitator, which is what the most successful Presidents have always done.

From The Daily Beast

The courier was “a senior al Qaeda facilitator and subordinate” at the time.

From The Daily Beast

To-day the flow of the precious metals is natural, the indicator, facilitator, and safety-valve of international trade.

From Project Gutenberg

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