Meanings
modder1
plural modders
- informalOften preceded by a descriptive word: one who modifies a mass-manufactured object, especially computer hardware or software, or a motor vehicle.
Content creators (or ‘modders’) are individuals who create additional content for computer games. […] The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.
2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in Rail, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62
modder2
Origin
modder · noun
From mod (“to modify (an object) from its original condition”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Full word history & related roots →modder · adjective
From mod + -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish modaaja, virittäjä
- modaajaone who modifies a mass-manufactured object
- virittäjäone who modifies a mass-manufactured object
French moddeur, modeur
- moddeurone who modifies a mass-manufactured object
- modeurone who modifies a mass-manufactured object
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with modder
All rhymes →Cite this entry
modder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modder
“modder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modder. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modder.
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