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changer

changer

82 4.4
A person or thing that causes a difference
  • noun
  • /ˈʧeɪndʒər/
: 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
17 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
12 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
modifier
vschanger
2 5.2

A person who makes changes to things

is the more general simple term for the same action
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
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
1 7.7

Something that causes change in people or things

focuses on change in general rather than slow development

Compounds

17 3.9

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

1 2.5

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

1 2.1

A person who changes babies' diapers

record changer
  • Archaic
1 7.0

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

auto-changer
  • Archaic
1 8.5

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

How Changeable

shapeshifter
  • Literature
11 8.8
evolver
1 6.6
changer
82 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.