innovator
/ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/
innovator noun: someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
Noun
innovator (plural innovators)
- Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
- Described by the judging panel as a "Swiss army knife of the 21st century", Apache Hadoop picked up the innovator of the year award for having the potential to change the face of media innovations.2011 March 25, Maria Winckler, “Apache Hadoop takes top prize at Media Guardian Innovation Awards”, in The Guardian
- Competition gets thinner still when it comes to the 00s: Animal Collective and Joanna Newsom do one thing very well, Gaga and MIA are aggregators not innovators. Björk is peerless.2011 July 4, Simon Reynolds, “Is Björk the last great pop innovator?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- An early adopter.
innovator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
innovator in Hindi
- नवप्रवर्तक, नवान्वेषक, नवोन्मेषक
innovator in Tamil
- புதுமையாசிரியர்
innovator in Marathi
- नवनिर्माता, नवप्रवर्तक
innovator in Urdu
- موجد
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- innovator in Bengali
- উদ্ভাবক, নতুন পদ্ধতির প্রবর্তক
- innovator in Malayalam
- നവവിധായകൻ, നൂതനരീതിപ്രവർത്തകൻ, പ്രഥമപ്രവര്ത്തകൻ, അഗ്രഗാമി
- innovator in Kannada
- ಹೊಸತನ ತರುವವನು, ನವ ನಿರ್ಮಿತಿಕಾರ, ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡುಗಾರ, ಪರಿವರ್ತಕ
- innovator in Punjabi
- ਇਨੋਵੇਟਰ
- innovator in Gujarati
- નવપ્રવર્તક, નવીનતા લાવનાર, નવોન્મેષકાર
- innovator in Odia
- ନବପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତକ
- innovator in Nepali
- नवप्रवर्तक, नवप्रवर्तनकर्ता
Forms of innovator
| plural | innovators |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | innovatour |
Origin of innovator
From Late Latin innovātor, from innovō; equivalent to innovate + -or.
Words formed from innovator
Questions about innovator
- What does innovator mean?
- Innovator means someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
- What is innovator in Hindi?
- Innovator in Hindi is नवप्रवर्तक, नवान्वेषक, नवोन्मेषक. See Innovator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is innovator?
- Innovator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce innovator?
- Innovator is pronounced /ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/.
- What is the plural of innovator?
- The plural of innovator is innovators.
Words near innovator in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: innovator (page history and authors); innovator (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Innovator (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); innovator (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); innovator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); innovator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); innovator (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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