Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latininventor
- Englishinventor
Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καινουργός, ἐπινοητής
- καινουργός (kainourgós)one who invents
- ἐπινοητής (epinoētḗs)one who invents
- εὑρετής (heuretḗs)one who invents
Arabic مُخْتَرِع, مُبْتَكِر
- مُخْتَرِع (muḵtariʕ)one who invents
- مُبْتَكِر (mubtakir)one who invents
Bulgarian изобрета́тел, откривател
- изобрета́тел (izobretátel)one who invents
- откривател (otkrivatel)one who invents
Catalan inventor, inventora
- inventorone who invents
- inventoraone who invents
Chinese Mandarin 發明家 /发明家
- 發明家 /发明家 (fāmíngjiā)one who invents
Czech vynálezce
- vynálezceone who invents
Danish opfinder
- opfinderone who invents
Dutch uitvinder
- uitvinderone who invents
Esperanto inventisto, inventistino
- inventistoone who invents
- inventistinoone who invents
Estonian leiutaja, leidur
- leiutajaone who invents
- leidurone who invents
Finnish keksijä
- keksijäone who invents
French inventeur, inventrice
- inventeurone who invents
- inventriceone who invents
German Erfinder, Erfinderin
- Erfinderone who invents
- Erfinderinone who invents
Greek εφευρέτης, εφευρέτρια
- εφευρέτης (efevrétis)one who invents
- εφευρέτρια (efevrétria)one who invents
Hungarian feltaláló
- feltalálóone who invents
Irish aireagóir
- aireagóirone who invents
Italian inventore, inventrice
- inventoreone who invents
- inventriceone who invents
- ideatoreone who invents
Japanese 発明者
- 発明者 (hatsumeisha)one who invents
Korean 발명가, 발명자
- 발명가 (balmyeongga)one who invents
- 발명자 (balmyeongja)one who invents
Latin inventor, inventrix
- inventorone who invents
- inventrixone who invents
- repertorone who invents
Lithuanian išradėjas
- išradėjasone who invents
Norwegian Bokmål oppfinner
- oppfinnerone who invents
Persian مخترع
- مخترع (moxtare')one who invents
Polish wynalazca, wynalazczyni
- wynalazcaone who invents
- wynalazczynione who invents
Portuguese inventor, inventora
- inventorone who invents
- inventoraone who invents
Russian изобрета́тель, изобрета́тельница
- изобрета́тель (izobretátelʹ)one who invents
- изобрета́тельница (izobretátelʹnica)one who invents
- зате́йник (zatéjnik)one who invents
Spanish inventor, inventora
- inventorone who invents
- inventoraone who invents
- inventrizone who invents
Swedish uppfinnare
- uppfinnareone who invents
Thai นักประดิษฐ์
- นักประดิษฐ์ (nák-bprà-dìt)one who invents
Turkish mucit
- mucitone who invents
Ukrainian винахі́дник, винахі́дниця
- винахі́дник (vynaxídnyk)one who invents
- винахі́дниця (vynaxídnycja)one who invents
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inventor
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inventor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventor
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“inventor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inventor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventor.
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