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contributor

contributor

136 3.6
A person who gives articles or ideas to magazines and websites
  • noun
  • /kənˈtrɪb.jʊ.tər/
translation icon : colaborador
  • Robert O. Woods, a Fellow of ASME, is a frequent contributor to Mechanical Engineering.
  • a frequent contributor
  • an active contributor
  • other contributors

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Examples

  • You are to be welcomed, for as long as you like... as a contributor to the dictionary.

  • Robert O. Woods is a Fellow of ASME and a frequent contributor to Mechanical Engineering.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Maybe everyone is a contributor, but no one is the owner.

  • So he was really a major contributor to to the department in that third way.

  • State if you were a contributor, a creator, a leader, or part of a team.

    Academic text (2012)
  • M.K. is a regular contributor to the library.

  • Internationally educated nurses are integral members of and contributors to the U.S. healthcare system.

    Academic text (2015)
  • David Masciotra is a regular contributor to The Herald News in Joliet, Illinois.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Lucius Shepard has been one of our most treasured contributors for the past two decades.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • As a well-known author, she is a regular contributor to several prestigious magazines.

Synonyms

collaborator
vscontributor
47 4.8

A person who works with others on a project, especially in art or research

is more often someone who supplies ideas or material without active joint work
creator
vscontributor
  • Texting
24 3.6

A person who makes videos, posts or blogs and shares them online to build an audience

is someone who supplies material to others rather than mainly building own audience online
coauthor
vscontributor
9 3.8

A person who writes a book or article together with others

is someone who provides material or ideas without shared writing responsibility
content creator
vscontributor
  • Texting
4 3.6

A person who makes and shares videos or posts online

often provides material to a publication or project rather than producing for personal channels
joint author
vscontributor
1 4.2

A person who writes a book or article together with another person, sharing credit

is broader, provides content or ideas without sharing credit or full writing duty

Antonyms

A person who does not share feelings, information and money

How Influential

authority
889 3.1
decider
7 4.4
influencer
  • Texting
19 3.8
contributor
136 3.6
participant
295 2.4
onlooker
24 3.2

Surface Forms

contributor singular
contributors plural

Morphology

contributor = contribute (transparent) = contribute + or

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'contribute' using the productive suffix '-or', meaning 'one who contributes'.

Etymology

The word contributor comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and tribuere 'give'. So a contributor is someone who 'gives' writing, ideas, or material to a shared project, adding their work to the group.