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| Main Entry: | creator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inventor; God |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, brain, deity, designer, founder, generator, maker, originator, prime mover, sire, begetter, framer, initiator, producer |
| Antonyms: | destroyer, destructor |
| Main Entry: | dynamo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | go-getter |
| Synonyms: | doer, eager beaver*, generator, mover and shaker*, pistol*, spark plug, whiz kid*, achiever, ball of fire, bundle of energy, busy person, energetic person, fireball, hard worker, hot shot, live wire, risk-taker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot*, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band*, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fountain, generator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring, fount, initiator |
| Main Entry: | motor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine |
| Synonyms: | cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, what's under the hood |
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
| Synonyms: | VIP, catalyst, doer, entrepreneur, generator, heavy hitter, leader, lightning rod, player*, player, presence, spark plug, spark plug, upstart, whip, achiever, affluential, enterprising person, go-getter, go-getter, heavyweight, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, producer, trailblazer, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause, basis |
| Synonyms: | agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg*, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring |
| Antonyms: | consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | father/mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | founder, inventor |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, generator, leader, maker, matriarch, motor*, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover*, promoter, sire, sponsor, supporter, encourager, initiator, introducer, mover, promulgator, publisher |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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