inventor

Or in·vent·er

[in-ven-ter]

noun

1. a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.

inventor

/ ɪnˈvɛntə /

noun

1. a person who invents, esp as a profession

Other Word Forms

• inventress noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inventor¹

From Latin, dating back to 1500–10; invent, -tor

Example Sentences

Many prisoners of war successfully escaped with their help, according to Phil Orbanes, a game inventor and author who spent decades working for Parker Brothers, the maker of Monopoly.

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Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, established the peace prize in his will, saying it should go to the person or group “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations.”

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“The combinations of temperature and humidity we are seeing this summer on average in New York City are comparable to summertime stickiness in Florida,” Casey Ivanovich, the inventor of the stickiness index, said.

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Beneath a portrait of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and patron of the prizes, the committee convenes on Monday morning, four days before announcing the winner.

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Osbourne was the Thomas Edison of rock ‘n’ roll: a tireless sonic inventor who influenced the genre’s development across multiple offshoots.

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Related Words

• architect 
• author 
• builder 
• creator 
• designer 
• founder 
• innovator 
• maker