Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

verifier

American  
[ver-uh-fahy-er] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ ər /

noun

  • verifiers
    plural
  1. someone or something that verifies.

  2. Computers, History/Historical. a tool used to check whether the data entered onto a punch card has been entered correctly.


Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The University of Vienna served as an independent verifier.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

She would often go into different hand-counting rooms to make sure the hand-count teams — composed of a reader, a verifier and three talliers — had materials and were counting correctly.

From Seattle Times Nov. 2, 2022

He said he wasn’t involved much in its production beyond serving as a glorified verifier of “certain information” and an extra for a scene.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2022

A QR code verifier app was made available to venues, enabling staff to check a customer's QR code.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2021

Speech is the verifier of the fact expressed.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

A commission spokesman said that, in extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances, the verification rules could allow verifiers to carry out a virtual site visit rather than a physical one.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Her lawyers argued that there was evidence that lower-level screeners who found inconsistencies in signatures ran them up the chain of command, where they were neglected by higher level verifiers.

From Washington Times May 22, 2023

Companies that wish to generate carbon credits must hire independent third party verifiers who attest that but for the creation of the credit, carbon pollution would have been released.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2022

This, according to a mod post on the forum, “is to give verifiers enough time to create a proper ruleset, as well as to decide which timing method and categories are appropriate.”

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2022

Now, we plant verifiers at suitable test points.

From Star Hunter by Andre Norton

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training