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changer

changer

64 4.4
A person or thing that causes a difference
  • noun
  • /ˈʧeɪndʒər/
translation icon : agente de cambio
  • DNA has been a total game changer for archaeology.
  • a game changer
  • career changers
  • job changers

So this could be a game changer, mark my words.

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Examples

  • Why is dividend investing such a game changer for building long term wealth?

  • Second tip that's been such a game changer for me is a simple board.

  • So this could be a game changer, mark my words.

  • Well, it's a game changer, all right.

  • This has been a game changer for me when I cannot face it.

  • Education, in short, is the new game changer driving economic growth.

    Academic text (2010)
  • It's been a complete game changer to have an air purifier.

  • And this mascara has been a game changer for me this year.

  • That is your game-changer right there.

  • The new marketing strategy has been a significant changer for the company's growth.

Synonyms

shaker
vschanger
16 7.8

A person who makes big changes and influences people

acts broadly to change things without stressing power or influence
mover and shaker
vschanger
  • Literature
9 6.1

A powerful and energetic person who makes important things happen

changes things more generally rather than only in one field
disrupter
vschanger
  • Jargon
4 5.9

A person or thing that changes a market by using new ideas

affects things generally and is not limited to sudden system interruptions
disruptor
vschanger
1 6.3

A person or company that causes big change in an industry

changes things without emphasis on large or disruptive impact
modifier
vschanger
1 5.2

A person who makes changes to things

is the more general simple term for the same action
changemaker
vschanger
1 4.3

A person who works to make positive change in a community or organization

changes things without implying social purpose or positive aims
evolver
vschanger
7.7

Something that causes change in people or things

focuses on change in general rather than slow development

Compounds

A person or business that gives you one country's money for another country's money

A person who changes babies' diapers

A flat table or surface where you put a baby to change a diaper

auto-changer
  • Archaic
8.5

A part on a record player that holds and plays several records in order

record changer
  • Archaic
7.0

A device on a record player that plays several records by itself in a row

How Changeable

shapeshifter
  • Literature
10 8.8
evolver
6.6
changer
64 4.4

Surface Forms

changer singular
changers plural

Morphology

changer = change (transparent) = change + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'change' indicating a person or thing that performs the action.

Etymology

Changer comes from change 'to make different' plus the ending -er 'one who does', as in teacher. So a changer is simply a person or thing that makes a change.