Creator Meaning
/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomething or someone which creates or makes something.
nounEllipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.
Sentence Examples
Man is not the creature, so much as he is the creator, of circumstances.
I am a business creator.
Zamenhof, creator of the constructed language Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.
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The game ____ programmed every level and character by himself.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"People have viewed his videos more than 13 billion times. And last year as the pandemic raged, he became the most-subscribed YouTube creator in the country."
— 2021 May 4, Taylor Lorenz, “Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"The video shows TikTok creator Harrison Pawluk approaching the woman, Maree, in a public shopping centre."
— 2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian:
"She wore crimson leggings, a stack of candy-colored beaded necklaces, and a black sweatshirt that read SELF-EMPLOYED because she is a full-time influencer — or “creator,” as it is more polite to say in this part of town."
— 2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
"Her days are spent sending messages to her fans, who pay $30 a month to see her explicit videos and chat to her online; she aims to have sex with another creator (a collaboration) about once a week."
— 2025 September 11, Amelia Gentleman, “Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe’s biggest pornography conference”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"Hernández is not a creator and suffered from a lack of service in previous seasons."
— 2019 July 3, Andrea Canales, Jonathan Tannenwald, “Pulisic, McKennie show plenty of promise for U.S. in Gold Cup”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The game ____ programmed every level and character by himself.