participator
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3.5
- noun
- /ˌpɑːrˈtɪsɪˌpeɪtər/
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participante
- Many of our games in those years had some sort of warlike overtone, and in them I was always the dreamer, never the doer, the participator.
Examples
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But what we really live in is a tyranny of the participators.
Blog text (19) -
I am an observer, not a participator.
Blog text (34) -
Ultimately, the public became an observer of the press rather than "participators in the government of its affairs" and the dialogue of democracy.
Academic text (1993) -
Everyone must be not only sympathizers and supporters but also participators in the building up of democracy.
Academic text (1990) -
Both the originator and the participator have to approach the work's fictional world as something that is situated beyond them and that can be viewed as an object of a game.
Academic text (2006) -
However, important differences in the roles of participators and observers qualify the congruence predicted by the SMM.
Academic text (2003) -
Years of excuses and rationalizations, and not partaking of the Sacrament, and not being a true participator, hardened her ability to remember the Lord.
Blog text (4) -
After acknowledgment messages were received from all the major military commands, General Curtis said to the poll participators: "I will convene a Charlie conference as soon as possible."
Fiction book (1991) -
All the baptized are "active participators" (n97) in the incarnational reality that is at the same time a task of "witness to the event in which the victory of God's eschatological grace has arrived, in which God himself becomes the salvation of the world." (n98)
Academic text (2007) -
During the community clean-up, each volunteer was a participator in making the neighborhood more beautiful.
Synonyms
331
1.0
A person who is important and active in a particular area
295
2.4
A person who joins an activity or event
68
3.0
A person who goes to and takes part in an event
3
6.8
A person who joins others in an activity or experience
A person who takes part actively in a group or discussion
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
participator = participate (transparent) = participate + or
The agentive suffix '-or' added to the verb 'participate' yields a person who takes part; this is a standard, predictable formation.
Etymology
Participator comes from the idea of 'taking part'; it is like participate, built from part ('a piece' or 'share') plus an old root meaning 'to take', and the ending -or shows a person, as in actor. So, a participator is someone who 'takes part' in an activity.