Innovator Meaning
/ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
nounAn early adopter.
Sentence Examples
Tom was an innovator.
Tom is an innovator.
Tom is the best innovator at our company.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous ____ created the very first successful electric car prototype in the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Steve Jobs was a famous ____ who changed the way that people use technology in their daily lives.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin innovātor, from innovō; equivalent to innovate + -or.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Described by the judging panel as a "Swiss army knife of the 21st century", Apache Hadoop picked up the innovator of the year award for having the potential to change the face of media innovations."
— 2011 March 25, Maria Winckler, “Apache Hadoop takes top prize at Media Guardian Innovation Awards”, in The Guardian:
"Competition gets thinner still when it comes to the 00s: Animal Collective and Joanna Newsom do one thing very well, Gaga and MIA are aggregators not innovators. Björk is peerless."
— 2011 July 4, Simon Reynolds, “Is Björk the last great pop innovator?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”."
— 2020 April 7, Peter Conrad, “Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu review – rebooting our reality”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous ____ created the very first successful electric car prototype in the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Steve Jobs was a famous ____ who changed the way that people use technology in their daily lives.