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producer

producer

19 2.4
Something that makes things like food or materials
  • noun
  • /prəˈduːsər/
: 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

maker
vsproducer
512 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
manufacturer
vsproducer
392 3.1

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

focuses more broadly on any originator of goods, materials, or results
creator
vsproducer
244 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
8 3.9

A person who starts an idea, project, or change

is used more for those who supply goods, substances, or outcomes
yielder
vsproducer
1 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

11 3.5

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

2 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
1 7.5

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

How Productive

producer
19 2.4
small farmer
15 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.