Meanings
nouncollocator (plural collocators)
plural collocators
- A word which often or regularly collocates with another word.
The collocator is familiar to the speaker of English who is not aware of its idiomaticity, while for the foreign language learner it is unpredictable, because his/her mother tongue privileges another word.
2014, Rufus Gouws, Dictionaries. An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography: Supplementary Volume: Recent Developments with Focus on Electronic and Computational Lexicography, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 497
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with collocator
latergreatercreatorlocatorvibratortranslatorspectatorterminatorcatercraternarratorslatercuratorgatormateralligatorwaiterdictatorskaterincubatorequatortraitorupdaterrotator
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
collocator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocator
MLA
“collocator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collocator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocator.
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