Skip to main content
unifier

unifier

4 4.8
A person or thing that brings different people together
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːnɪfaɪər/
translation icon : unificador
  • In a time of conflict, a true unifier can bring diverse groups together for a common purpose.

Biden has been very quiet and he's not really showing himself to be the charismatic unifier that we expected.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • The pope could again become Peter, not a chairman of the board, but someone who strengthens his brothers, a motivator, a unifier, a bridge-builder, a servant of the servants of God.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The Spirit is a powerful uniter/unifier, and its influence can create a bond that is very real on an emotional level.

    Blog text (6)
  • Who knew that, um, protein bars and a little music would be the great unifier.

  • He ran in 2008 as a unifier, but once elected, he changed his platform.

    Blog text (8)
  • The great unifier became the great divider, and no one is more shocked with his polling numbers than he is.

    Blog text (32)
  • Biden has been very quiet and he's not really showing himself to be the charismatic unifier that we expected.

  • De La Hoya's role as unifier was short-lived; however, he found his ethnic and gender credentials under scrutiny.

    Academic text (2013)
  • For Obama, this year will test whether he's a compromising cross-aisle unifier or a partisan warrior.

    Blog text (30)
  • Having been either dividers or divided in Europe for most of this century, united Germany now appears as the potential unifier of a freer Europe teetering between integration in the West and disintegration in the East.

    Academic text (1991)
  • This means that such a community's interpreter or mediator functions primarily as a unifier of wills that are simply different but not necessarily conflictive.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

uniter
vsunifier
9 4.2

A person who brings people, groups, or ideas together to reach a shared goal

brings people or things together without stressing a specific shared goal
integrator
vsunifier
3 6.3

A person or thing that makes different parts work together as one

brings items into one group but not necessarily to make them function together
coherer
vsunifier
8.7

A person or thing that brings separate people and ideas together

brings people or things together rather than only ideas or parts
conglomerator
vsunifier
8.6

A person or machine that brings different companies and other things together into one group

joins people or things generally without implying corporate or business focus
unificationist
vsunifier
7.2

A person who works to bring separate groups together

brings people or things together directly rather than only advocating for it

Antonyms

5 4.1

A person who separates people or things into groups

How Unifying

unifier
4 4.8
consolidator
2 6.2
integrator
3 6.3
mediator
45 4.0
peacemaker
23 3.7
facilitator
33 5.1

Surface Forms

unifier singular
unifiers plural

Morphology

unifier = unify (transparent) = unify + er

The word 'unifier' is transparently derived from 'unify' with the addition of the suffix '-er', indicating a person or thing that performs the action.

Etymology

The word unifier comes from uni- 'one', the same root as unit and union, so a unifier is someone or something that brings people or things together to form one group.