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