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provider

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/
  • Canada, General-American: /pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
  • Maryland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /pɹəˈvɑe.də(ɹ)/
  • New-Zealand: [pɹəˈvɑe̯.də(ɹ)]
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 V AY1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

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

someone who provides the means for subsistence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benefactor, helper

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supplier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois

Narrower terms: black marketeer, caterer, connection, dispenser, distributor, distributer, purveyor, recruiter, stockist, sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner

History

Etymology

From provide + -er. Since 15th century.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aanbieder — provider
  • Armenian: մատակարար (matakarar) — provider
  • Bulgarian: доста́вчик (dostávčik) — provider
  • Bulgarian: доста́вчица (dostávčica) — provider
  • Czech: poskytovatel — provider
  • Czech: poskytovatelka — provider
  • Dutch: verlener — provider
  • Finnish: tuottaja — provider
  • French: fournisseur — provider
  • French: fournisseuse — provider
  • German: Versorger — provider
  • German: Versorgerin — provider
  • German: Anbieter — provider
  • German: Anbieterin — provider
  • German: Dienstleister — provider
  • German: Dienstleisterin — provider
  • Greek: προμηθευτής (promitheftís) — provider
  • Greek: παροχέας (parochéas) — provider
  • Greek: πάροχος (párochos) — provider
  • Hindi: प्रदाता (pradātā) — provider
  • Hindi: दाता (dātā) — provider
  • Hungarian: szolgáltató — provider
  • Italian: fornitore — provider
  • Latin: praebitor — provider
  • Latin: provisor — provider
  • Marathi: पुरवणारा (puravṇārā) — provider
  • Marathi: पुरवणारी (puravṇārī) — provider
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilbyder — provider
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leverandør — provider
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forsørger — provider
  • Polish: dostawca — provider
  • Polish: dostawczyni — provider
  • Polish: dostarczyciel — provider
  • Polish: dostarczycielka — provider
  • Portuguese: fornecedor — provider
  • Russian: прова́йдер (provájdɛr) — provider
  • Russian: поставщи́к (postavščík) — provider
  • Russian: поставщи́ца (postavščíca) — provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: снабдевач — provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: snabdevač — provider
  • Spanish: suministrador — provider
  • Spanish: proveedor — provider
  • Turkish: sağlayıcı — provider
  • Ukrainian: прова́йдер (provájder) — provider
  • Ukrainian: постача́льник (postačálʹnyk) — provider
  • Ukrainian: постача́льниця (postačálʹnycja) — provider
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