Meanings
nounchanger (plural changers)
plural changers
- Someone or something who changes things.
She bought a coin changer for her pool bar.
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
- A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
Similar
record changerauto-changer
Broader
mechanical device
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishchaungere
- Englishchanger
Inherited from Middle English chaungere, chaungeour (“moneychanger”); equivalent to change + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
changer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changer
MLA
“changer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “changer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changer.
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