| Main Entry: | inventor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discoverer |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, builder, coiner, creator, designer, experimenter, father, founder, innovator, maker, originator, pioneer |
| Main Entry: | architect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who designs buildings |
Synonyms: |
artist, builder, creator, designer, draftsperson, engineer, inventor, maker, master builder, originator, planner, prime mover |
| Main Entry: | artist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person skilled in creative activity |
Synonyms: |
artisan, artiste, authority, composer, craftsperson, creator, expert, handicrafter, inventor, painter, virtuoso, whiz* |
Antonyms: |
scientist |
| Main Entry: | builder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | construction worker |
Synonyms: |
architect, artisan, constructor, contractor, craftsperson, erector, fabricator, framer, inventor, maker, manufacturer, mason, originator, producer |
Antonyms: |
wrecker |
| Main Entry: | designer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, costumier, couturier, deviser, engineer, fabricator, fashion designer, fashioner, inventor, maker, originator, planner, producer |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who puts together things |
Synonyms: |
architect, builder, contriver, designer, deviser, director, inventor, manager, manipulator, originator, planner, schemer, sights, surveyor, techie, technie |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who establishes an institution |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Main Entry: | originator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, begetter, designer, discoverer, father, founder, initiator, innovator, inventor, maker, mastermind, mother, pioneer, producer |
| Main Entry: | patriarch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male head |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, architect, author, chief, creator, elder, father, founder, gaffer, generator, grandfather, graybeard, head, inventor, maker, master, old man, originator, paterfamilias, ruler, senior, sire |
Antonyms: |
matriarch |
| Main Entry: | starter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
Synonyms: |
initiator, innovator, inventor, opener, originator, pioneer |
Antonyms: |
adherent, follower, successor |