Meanings
exploiter1
plural exploiters
- One who exploits.
And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.
2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020Synonyms: bloodsucker
exploiter2
present singular third person exploiters · participle present exploitering · participle past exploitered · past exploitered
- transitiveTo make use of (something).
Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favors and spiritual graces from her Saviour, but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally, and use her expertness to give instruction to those less privileged.
1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 347
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who exploits.
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Origin
exploiter · verb
- Frenchexploiter
- Englishexploiter
Irregular adoption of French exploiter.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan explotador, explotadora
- explotadorone who exploits
- explotadoraone who exploits
Chinese Mandarin 剝削者 /剥削者
- 剝削者 /剥削者 (bōxuēzhě)one who exploits
Czech vykořisťovatel
- vykořisťovatelone who exploits
Dutch exploitant, uitbuiter
- exploitantone who exploits
- uitbuiterone who exploits
Esperanto ekspluatanto
- ekspluatantoone who exploits
Finnish riistäjä, hyväksikäyttäjä
- riistäjäone who exploits
- hyväksikäyttäjäone who exploits
French exploiteur, exploiteuse
- exploiteurone who exploits
- exploiteuseone who exploits
German Ausbeuter, Ausbeuterin
- Ausbeuterone who exploits
- Ausbeuterinone who exploits
Hungarian kizsákmányoló
- kizsákmányolóone who exploits
Irish brabúsaí
- brabúsaíone who exploits
Italian sfruttatore, sfruttatrice
- sfruttatoreone who exploits
- sfruttatriceone who exploits
Japanese 搾取者
- 搾取者 (sakushusha)one who exploits
Polish wyzyskiwacz, wyzyskiwaczka
- wyzyskiwaczone who exploits
- wyzyskiwaczkaone who exploits
Portuguese explorador, exploradora
- exploradorone who exploits
- exploradoraone who exploits
- aproveitadorone who exploits
Romanian exploatator, exploatatoare
- exploatatorone who exploits
- exploatatoareone who exploits
Russian эксплуата́тор, эксплуата́торша
- эксплуата́тор (ekspluatátor)one who exploits
- эксплуата́торша (ekspluatátorša)one who exploits
Spanish explotador, explotadora
- explotadorone who exploits
- explotadoraone who exploits
Swahili mnyonyaji
- mnyonyajione who exploits
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with exploiter
All rhymes →Cite this entry
exploiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploiter
“exploiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploiter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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