coder

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noun

A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

coder1

nouncoder (plural coders)

plural coders

  1. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
  2. A person who assigns codes or classifications.

    Others may be subjective ratings made by the coders who independently read the studies, such as sex stereotype of the job […]

    2007, Gerald J. Miller, Kaifeng Yang, Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, page 715
  3. computingA programmer (computer programmer).

    Part of the series' goal was to change how coders are perceived -- and show the community that it offers.

    2016 May 7, Sara Ashley O'Brien, “Girls Who Code taps four teen girls for YouTube series”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022
    1 more example

    Reshma Saujani is not a coder but she's empowering "an army of young women" to take on tech's gender gap through her nonprofit Girls Who Code.

    2017 August 21, Haley Draznin, “Girls Who Code founder: Men build technologies to 'replace their mothers'”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 17 May 2025

    Synonyms: code monkey

Coder2

proper nounCoder (plural Coders)

plural Coders

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA programmer (computer programmer).

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

Broader
engineerapplied scientisttechnologistcomputer user

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincaudex
  2. Latincōdex
  3. Old Frenchcode
  4. Middle Englishcode
  5. Englishcode
  6. Englishcoder

From code + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Esperanto kodilo, kodisto
  • kodilodevice
  • kodistoprogrammer
Finnish koodari
  • koodariprogrammer
Italian programmatore
  • programmatoreprogrammer
Japanese コーダー, コーダ
  • コーダー (kōdā)programmer
  • コーダ (kōda)programmer
Polish koder, koder
  • koderdevice
  • koderprogrammer
Russian ко́дер, ко́дер
  • ко́дер (kóder)device
  • ко́дер (kóder)programmer
Spanish programador
  • programadorprogrammer
Swedish kodare
  • kodareprogrammer
Vietnamese lập trình viên
  • lập trình viênprogrammer

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

coder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coder

MLA

“coder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coder.

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