Meaning & use
creator
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Meanings
nouncountable
A person who makes or invents something new, such as a work of art, a program or a character.
Grammar: Usually followed by of: the creator of the series.
Patterns
- the creator of something
- a creator of something
The creator of the comic strip began drawing it as a teenager.
Online video creators often work alone from home.
The game's creator announced a sequel at the convention.
nounsingularreligion
God, the one believed to have made the universe, written with a capital letter and the.
Grammar: Always the Creator with a capital letter in this sense.
Patterns
- the Creator
Many hymns give thanks to the Creator for the beauty of nature.
She believed the world was made by a loving Creator.
Word forms
| plural | creators |
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Common combinations
- the creator of the show
- The creator of the show attended the premiere.
- content creator
- She works full time as a content creator on video sites.
- original creator
- The original creator of the recipe is unknown.
- creator and director
- He was both the creator and director of the series.
- credit the creator
- Please credit the creator when you share the photograph.
Synonyms and how they differ
- inventor
- Inventor is used for new devices or methods, while creator is wider and includes art, stories and characters.
- author
- Author is limited mainly to written works, whereas creator can apply to any kind of work.
- maker
- Maker is more plain and often means someone who produces physical objects.
- originator
- Originator is formal and stresses being first to think of an idea.
Opposites
Word family
- create verb
- to make something new exist
- creation noun
- the act of making something, or the thing made
- creative adjective
- good at making original things
- creativity noun
- the ability to produce original ideas
- creatively adverb
- in an original, imaginative way
Commonly confused: creator or creature?
creator vs creature
A creature is a living animal or being, but a creator is the one who makes something.
Practice
Which spelling is correct in this sentence? She is the ___ of a popular cartoon.
Choose one answer.
The noun is formed from create plus -or, giving creator. The other spellings are common mistakes and are not words.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “creator”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.