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organizer

noun · 8 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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  • General-American: /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 R G AH0 N AY2 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who arranges the details of a public event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I'll add that meeting to my organizer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A non-electronic notebook or calendar or something similar, used to organize one's affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A group of cells that, together with the evocator, control differentiation in the embryo; the inductor

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a recipient, such as a box or a case, used for storing gadgets, trinkets and other knick-knacks; an organizer box

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • desk organizer
  • makeup organizer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: personal digital assistant, PDA, personal organizer, personal organiser, organiser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic device

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was the organizer of the meeting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organiser, arranger

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thinker

Narrower terms: coordinator, orderer, systematizer, systematiser, systemizer, systemiser, systematist

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who enlists workers to join a union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organiser, labor organizer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: union representative

Narrower terms: Debs, Eugene V. Debs, Eugene Victor Debs

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organum Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Medieval Latin organizārelbor. Middle French organiserbor. Middle English organizen English organize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English organizer From organize + -er.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَظِّم (munaẓẓim) — person arranging public events
  • Armenian: կազմակերպիչ (kazmakerpičʻ) — person arranging public events
  • Azerbaijani: təşkilçi — person arranging public events
  • Azerbaijani: təşkilatçı — person arranging public events
  • Bashkir: ойоштороусы (oyoştorowsı) — person arranging public events
  • Belarusian: арганіза́тар (arhanizátar) — person arranging public events
  • Belarusian: арганіза́тарка (arhanizátarka) — person arranging public events
  • Breton: aozer — person arranging public events
  • Bulgarian: организа́тор (organizátor) — person arranging public events
  • Bulgarian: организа́торка (organizátorka) — person arranging public events
  • Catalan: organitzador — person arranging public events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 組織者 /组织者 (zǔzhīzhě) — person arranging public events
  • Czech: pořadatel — person arranging public events
  • Czech: pořadatelka — person arranging public events
  • Czech: organizátor — person arranging public events
  • Czech: organizátorka — person arranging public events
  • Dutch: organisator — person arranging public events
  • Esperanto: organizanto — person arranging public events
  • Finnish: järjestäjä — person arranging public events
  • Finnish: organisoija — person arranging public events
  • Finnish: organisaattori — person arranging public events
  • Finnish: puuhamies — person arranging public events
  • French: organisateur — person arranging public events
  • French: organisatrice — person arranging public events
  • Georgian: ორგანიზატორი (organizaṭori) — person arranging public events
  • German: Veranstalter — person arranging public events
  • German: Veranstalterin — person arranging public events
  • German: Organisator — person arranging public events
  • German: Organisatorin — person arranging public events
  • Greek: διοργανωτής (diorganotís) — person arranging public events
  • Greek: διοργανώτρια (diorganótria) — person arranging public events
  • Hindi: आयोजक (āyojak) — person arranging public events
  • Hindi: संयोजक (sãyojak) — person arranging public events
  • Hindi: नियोजक (niyojak) — person arranging public events
  • Hungarian: szervező — person arranging public events
  • Italian: organizzatore — person arranging public events
  • Italian: organizzatrice — person arranging public events
  • Japanese: 組織者 (soshikisha) — person arranging public events
  • Japanese: オルガナイザー (oruganaizā) — person arranging public events
  • Kazakh: ұйымдастырушы (ūiymdastyruşy) — person arranging public events
  • Korean: 조직자 (jojikja) — person arranging public events
  • Macedonian: организа́тор (organizátor) — person arranging public events
  • Macedonian: организа́торка (organizátorka) — person arranging public events
  • Malayalam: സംഘാടകൻ (saṅghāṭakaṉ) — person arranging public events
  • Polish: organizator — person arranging public events
  • Polish: organizatorka — person arranging public events
  • Portuguese: organizador — person arranging public events
  • Romanian: organizator — person arranging public events
  • Romanian: organizatoare — person arranging public events
  • Russian: организа́тор (organizátor) — person arranging public events
  • Russian: устрои́тель (ustroítelʹ) — person arranging public events
  • Russian: устрои́тельница (ustroítelʹnica) — person arranging public events
  • Serbo-Croatian: органѝза̄тор — person arranging public events
  • Serbo-Croatian: органѝза̄торица — person arranging public events
  • Serbo-Croatian: organìzātor — person arranging public events
  • Serbo-Croatian: organìzātorica — person arranging public events
  • Slovak: usporiadateľ — person arranging public events
  • Slovak: usporiadateľka — person arranging public events
  • Slovak: organizátor — person arranging public events
  • Slovak: organizátorka — person arranging public events
  • Slovene: organizator — person arranging public events
  • Slovene: organizatorka — person arranging public events
  • Spanish: organizador — person arranging public events
  • Swedish: arrangör — person arranging public events
  • Swedish: organisatör — person arranging public events
  • Turkish: düzenleyici — person arranging public events
  • Turkish: organizatör — person arranging public events
  • Turkish: örgütleyici — person arranging public events
  • Ukrainian: організа́тор (orhanizátor) — person arranging public events
  • Ukrainian: організа́торка (orhanizátorka) — person arranging public events
  • Ukrainian: упоря́дник (uporjádnyk) — person arranging public events
  • Ukrainian: упоря́дниця (uporjádnycja) — person arranging public events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整理器 (zhěnglǐqì) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Czech: organizér — hand-held micro-computer
  • Esperanto: planilo — hand-held micro-computer
  • Finnish: kämmentietokone — hand-held micro-computer
  • French: organiseur — hand-held micro-computer
  • French: agenda — hand-held micro-computer
  • German: Organizer — hand-held micro-computer
  • Greek: οργανωτής (organotís) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Irish: dialann — hand-held micro-computer
  • Japanese: 電子手帳 (denshi techō) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Japanese: オルガナイザー (oruganaizā) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Korean: 전자수첩 (jeonjasucheop) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Korean: 오거나이저 (ogeonaijeo) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Macedonian: организа́тор (organizátor) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Russian: органа́йзер (organájzɛr) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Turkish: elektronik ajanda — hand-held micro-computer
  • Ukrainian: органа́йзер (orhanájzer) — hand-held micro-computer
  • Portuguese: porta-trecos — recipient for little trinkets
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