originator
- noun
- /ˌɔːrɪˈdʒɪneɪtər/
- We would like to distinguish Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner as the originator of the study design and protocol.
- originator and principal author
He is the originator of the Jlo Glow.
- He is the originator of the Jlo Glow.
- His, his dad was one of the originators of hypnosis as a valid psychiatric treatment.
- So the best I've ever had is Hattie BS in Nashville, but I had even heard that Nash, that Hattie B's was not the originator of hot chicken.
- And it goes all the way back to the originators.
- And we're seeing now these multibillion dollar settlements from the originators.
- I was told by many of you Astro from The Jetsons was the originator of Ro Ro.
Examples
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Throughout history the true originator is always laughed at.
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Ironically, one of the originators of the "Big Bang" theory was a Catholic priest, Fr. Georges Lemaitre.
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For example, "Yuanmou man" of some 1.7 million years ago is claimed as the "originator of the Chinese nation."
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Hull was not, in fact, the originator of the petrifaction idea.
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George Cantor was the originator of set theory and of the study of transfinite numbers.
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Mary Towles Sassoon Wilson, a name that adorns our very own theatre, was the originator and creator of Mother's Day.
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Hence, two independent lines of evidence point to the Babylonians and Sumerians as the originators of our constellation system.
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Aristarchus and Copernicus are often regarded as the originators of the heliocentric system of the planets.
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But you best, while you're teaching that movement, Shorty George, mention that George Snowden was the originator of this movement and that it happened at a place Lindy Hoppers would gather together.
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George Cantor was the originator of set theory and of the study of transfinite numbers.
Synonyms
A person who starts an organization like a company or charity
A person who makes something new, like a work of art or an invention
A person who starts an important idea or change
A person among the first to develop new ideas or ways of doing things
A person who makes a new thing that was not there before
A person who plans and leads a difficult, clever project
A person who creates new ideas or ways of doing things
A person who first develops new ideas or methods in a field
A person who starts a plan or action
A person who starts an idea, project, or change
A person who creates new ideas or plans
A person or tool that creates new ideas and plans
A person who starts something new like an idea or movement
A person who invents or plans new things
A person who starts an organization like a company or charity
A person who starts and organizes a project or movement
A person who first creates an idea or style that others follow
A person who starts a project or action
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Originator comes from the Latin origo, which means 'beginning', and is the same root you see in origin and original. So an originator is literally someone who starts or makes something new.