Creator
nounA person who brings something into existence, such as a maker, inventor, or originator.
How to spell creator
7 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce creator
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does creator mean?
- nounA person who brings something into existence, such as a maker, inventor, or originator.
Creator in a sentence
-
The creator of the board game spent three years refining the rules.
-
As the creator of the popular series, she retains full editorial control.
Where does creator come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This word descends from the Latin creator, meaning 'one who brings something into existence', an agent noun built on the verb creare, 'to make, produce, or bring forth'. That verb is related to crescere, 'to grow', so the underlying idea is of causing something to come into being and flourish. English took the word in through Old French creatour during the 1300s, at first overwhelmingly in religious contexts to name the Creator, the maker of the world. Over time the sense broadened to cover any maker, inventor, or originator, and in the modern digital age it has settled into everyday talk about people who produce online content. The spelling trap is purely the unstressed ending: the word ends in -ator, not -ater, even though the final syllable sounds like a vague schwa.
How the word is built
- cre- (from creare: to bring into being)
- -ator (agent suffix: one who does)
Fix your spelling for good.
Spelling Garden finds the words you personally get wrong, plants them in a garden, and brings each one back just before you would have forgotten it.
Just five minutes a day is all it takes to fix your spelling.