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networker

networker

3 3.7
A person who meets and keeps contacts for work or social life
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛtˌwɜrkər/
translation icon : conector
  • Marketers, PR pros, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, new-media fanatics, and online social networkers were all welcome to attend.
  • a social networker
  • a great networker

Great, who is a master networker in your eyes?

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Examples

  • Power networkers must know places to find out certain types of information.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Therein lies the fine line between comedy and competency that today's business networkers face.

    Blog text (30)
  • Great, who is a master networker in your eyes?

  • I have discovered that the best networkers want to know what they can do for you.

  • Let's sidebar to being a master networker... there are some keys in growing your power network around you.

    Blog text (7)
  • In this way, they might have found more motivated and effective social networkers among their many supporters.

    Blog text (21)
  • I'm not really a big schmoozer or networker or anything; I'm not really comfortable socially in scenes.

    Blog text (26)
  • Social networkers are becoming more selective, managing their accounts and "pruning" people from their lists.

    Blog text (23)
  • Ivan, I believe that's a pretty powerful guideline that successful networkers should follow.

    Blog text (30)
  • She is an excellent networker, always making meaningful connections at industry events.

Synonyms

bonder
vsnetworker
7.2

A person who helps people make friends and feel included

focuses on building and keeping professional or social ties for personal goals

Antonyms

79 4.2

A person who prefers to be alone and avoids spending time with others

22 7.8

A person who lives alone and avoids other people

How Connected

influencer
  • Texting
19 3.8
networker
3 3.7
contact
544 1.6
acquaintance
114 3.5
loner
79 4.2

Surface Forms

networker singular
networkers plural

Morphology

networker = network (transparent) = network + er

This is a regular agent noun built from 'network' + '-er', and the social/professional sense is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

The word networker comes from network (from net + work), where 'net' is like a 'web' of lines and 'work' means activity, and the ending -er means 'someone who does'. So a networker is someone who builds and uses a web of contacts to meet people and get opportunities.