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coordinator

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who, or that which, coordinates.

An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who, or that which, coordinates.

A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: coordinating conjunction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coordinating conjunction

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organizer, organiser, arranger

History

Etymology

From coordinate + -or.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَسِّق (munassiq) — one who coordinates
  • Arabic: مُنَظِّم (munaẓẓim) — one who coordinates
  • Armenian: համակարգող (hamakargoġ) — one who coordinates
  • Catalan: coordinador — one who coordinates
  • Catalan: coordinadora — one who coordinates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 協調者 /协调者 (xiétiáoyuán) — one who coordinates
  • Czech: koordinátor — one who coordinates
  • Finnish: koordinaattori — one who coordinates
  • French: coordonnateur — one who coordinates
  • French: coordonnatrice — one who coordinates
  • French: coordinateur — one who coordinates
  • French: coordinatrice — one who coordinates
  • Galician: coordinador — one who coordinates
  • German: Koordinator — one who coordinates
  • German: Koordinatorin — one who coordinates
  • Greek: συντονιστής (syntonistís) — one who coordinates
  • Greek: συντονίστρια (syntonístria) — one who coordinates
  • Indonesian: koordinator — one who coordinates
  • Italian: coordinatore — one who coordinates
  • Italian: coordinatrice — one who coordinates
  • Japanese: コーディネーター (kōdinētā) — one who coordinates
  • Kazakh: үйлестіруші (üilestıruşı) — one who coordinates
  • Macedonian: координатор (koordinator) — one who coordinates
  • Macedonian: координаторка (koordinatorka) — one who coordinates
  • Māori: kairuruku — one who coordinates
  • Norman: co-ordînateu — one who coordinates
  • Polish: koordynator — one who coordinates
  • Polish: koordynatorka — one who coordinates
  • Romanian: coordonator — one who coordinates
  • Romanian: coordonatoară — one who coordinates
  • Russian: координа́тор (koordinátor) — one who coordinates
  • Russian: координа́торка (koordinátorka) — one who coordinates
  • Serbo-Croatian: коордѝна̄тор — one who coordinates
  • Serbo-Croatian: koordìnātor — one who coordinates
  • Spanish: coordinador — one who coordinates
  • Spanish: coordinadora — one who coordinates
  • Swedish: samordnare — one who coordinates
  • Polish: spójnik współrzędny — lexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
  • Spanish: conjunción coordinante — lexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
  • Spanish: nexo coordinante — lexical class of words — see also coordinating conjunction
Real reading context

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