noun
Meaning 1
Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
innovator
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noun
Meaning 2
An early adopter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pioneer, trailblazer, groundbreaker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: originator, conceiver, mastermind
History
Etymology
From Late Latin innovātor, from innovō; equivalent to innovate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: yenilikçi — someone who innovates
- Azerbaijani: yeniçi — someone who innovates
- Catalan: innovador — someone who innovates
- Czech: inovátor — someone who innovates
- Dutch: vernieuwer — someone who innovates
- Dutch: innovator — someone who innovates
- Finnish: innovaattori — someone who innovates
- French: innovateur — someone who innovates
- Galician: innovador — someone who innovates
- German: Innovator — someone who innovates
- German: Innovatorin — someone who innovates
- German: Erneuerer — someone who innovates
- German: Erneuererin — someone who innovates
- Italian: innovatore — someone who innovates
- Latin: novātor — someone who innovates
- Polish: innowator — someone who innovates
- Polish: innowatorka — someone who innovates
- Russian: нова́тор (novátor) — someone who innovates
- Slovak: inovátor — someone who innovates
- Slovak: priekopník — someone who innovates
- Slovak: priekopníčka — someone who innovates
- Spanish: innovador — someone who innovates
- Swedish: innovatör — someone who innovates