Meanings
plural coordinators · alternative archaic rare coördinator · alternative co-ordinator
- One who, or that which, coordinates.
- American footballAn assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.
- grammarA member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
Near-synonym: coordinating conjunction
Synonyms: coordinating conjunction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُنَسِّق, مُنَظِّم
- مُنَسِّق (munassiq)one who coordinates
- مُنَظِّم (munaẓẓim)one who coordinates
Catalan coordinador, coordinadora
- coordinadorone who coordinates
- coordinadoraone who coordinates
Chinese Mandarin 協調者 /协调者
- 協調者 /协调者 (xiétiáoyuán)one who coordinates
Czech koordinátor
- koordinátorone who coordinates
Danish koordinator
- koordinatorone who coordinates
Finnish koordinaattori
- koordinaattorione who coordinates
French coordonnateur, coordonnatrice
- coordonnateurone who coordinates
- coordonnatriceone who coordinates
- coordinateurone who coordinates
- coordinatriceone who coordinates
German Koordinator, Koordinatorin
- Koordinatorone who coordinates
- Koordinatorinone who coordinates
Greek συντονιστής, συντονίστρια
- συντονιστής (syntonistís)one who coordinates
- συντονίστρια (syntonístria)one who coordinates
Indonesian koordinator
- koordinatorone who coordinates
Italian coordinatore, coordinatrice
- coordinatoreone who coordinates
- coordinatriceone who coordinates
Japanese コーディネーター
- コーディネーター (kōdinētā)one who coordinates
Māori kairuruku
- kairurukuone who coordinates
Polish spójnik współrzędny, koordynator
- spójnik współrzędnylexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
- koordynatorone who coordinates
- koordynatorkaone who coordinates
Romanian coordonator, coordonatoară
- coordonatorone who coordinates
- coordonatoarăone who coordinates
Russian координа́тор, координа́торка
- координа́тор (koordinátor)one who coordinates
- координа́торка (koordinátorka)one who coordinates
Spanish conjunción coordinante, nexo coordinante
- conjunción coordinantelexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
- nexo coordinantelexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
- coordinadorone who coordinates
- coordinadoraone who coordinates
Swedish samordnare
- samordnareone who coordinates
Cite this entry
coordinator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coordinator
“coordinator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coordinator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coordinator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coordinator.
Source: coordinator on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.