Meaning & use
participators
Last updated
“participators” is a form of “participator”.
Meaning
nouncountable
People who take part in an activity, event, or process.
Grammar: Countable noun; the singular is 'participator'. Use 'participants' if you mean people enrolled in a particular event.
Patterns
- participators in something
- active participators
- willing participators
The study compared active participators with those who watched from the sidelines.
All participators in the survey received a small gift.
She thanked the participators for their time and effort.
Word forms
| singular | participator |
|---|
Common combinations
- active participators
- Active participators tend to learn faster.
- participators in a study
- The participators in the study were all volunteers.
- willing participators
- They were willing participators in the experiment.
- number of participators
- The number of participators rose sharply this year.
Synonyms and how they differ
- participants
- The usual word for people taking part in a specific event or study; it is far more common than 'participators'.
- contributors
- Suggests people who also add something, not just take part.
- members
- Refers to people belonging to a group, which is not the same as simply joining in.
Opposites
Word family
- participate verb
- To take part in an activity.
- participation noun
- The act of taking part.
- participant noun
- A person who takes part, especially in an event.
- participatory adjective
- Involving people taking an active part.
Commonly confused: participators or participants? participators or participles?
participators vs participants
'Participants' is the standard word for people in a particular event; 'participators' is rarer and stresses the habit of joining in.
participators vs participles
Not a word; do not confuse it with 'participles', which are verb forms like 'running' or 'broken'.
Practice
Choose the best word: 'All ______ in the race must wear a number.'
Choose one answer.
'Participants' is the standard term for people taking part in a specific event such as a race. 'Participators' is possible but much less common, and 'participles' and 'participations' do not mean people.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “participators”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.