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producer

producer

37 2.4
Something that makes things like food or materials
  • noun
  • /prəˈduːsər/
translation icon : productor
  • That is what the really great creative producers do.
  • producers and consumers
  • producers and decomposers

Science, now, in fact, is the largest producer of fiction.

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Examples

  • A direct dependency and trust between the producer and the consumer of the resource is still evident.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Our job is to ensure that students are effective users and producers of information and ideas.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I am a very, very famous rich record producer named Jones.

  • So yeah, I'm Chase B, DJ, producer all around.

  • I think the major difference is that NPR is a producer of programming.

  • The United States, in fact, is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal per capita.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The rebirth of agricultural producer organizations was an important component of this process.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Students are empowered to be producers and creators of knowledge within the classroom.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The mother and housewife also becomes the social producer and an active participant in the revolution.

    Academic text (1990)
  • As of today, America is the largest oil producer in the world.

Synonyms

manufacturer
vsproducer
477 3.1

A company or person that makes many products, often with machines

focuses more broadly on any originator of goods, materials, or results
maker
vsproducer
415 1.6

A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture

is used for those who supply goods, substances, or outcomes broadly
creator
vsproducer
220 2.8

A person who makes something new, like a work of art or an invention

is more about supplying tangible goods or measurable results
generator
vsproducer
4 3.9

A person who starts an idea, project, or change

is used more for those who supply goods, substances, or outcomes
yielder
vsproducer
5.4

A person or thing that produces a large amount of something

is a general term for those that supply goods, substances, or outcomes

Antonyms

1.8

A person who buys and uses goods or services

Compounds

A person who finds money and organizes the making of a film

1 6.3

A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses

A person who pays for and manages a play or musical

producer gas
  • Archaic
7.5

A fuel gas formed when air passes over hot coal that can power engines or furnaces

How Productive

producer
37 2.4
small farmer
9 2.0

Surface Forms

producer singular
producers plural

Morphology

producer = produce (transparent) = produce + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'produce' with predictable agent meaning.

Etymology

Producer comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and ducere 'to lead', the same root you see in produce and product. So a producer is something that 'brings forth' or makes things, like a plant or factory that creates goods.