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INNOVATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does innovator mean?
• INNOVATOR (noun)
The noun INNOVATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Familiarity information: INNOVATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
groundbreaker; innovator; pioneer; trailblazer
Hypernyms ("innovator" is a kind of...):
conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)
Derivation:
innovate (bring something new to an environment)
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