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creator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɹiˈeɪtɚ/ without t-flapping
• /kɹiˈeɪɾɚ/ t-flapping
• /kɹiːˈæ̝ɪ̯ɾəː/ t-flapping
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio
• [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰɚ] ~ [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰɹ̩] without t-flapping
• /kɹiːˈæ̝ɪ̯təː/ without t-flapping
• [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ɾɚ] ~ [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ɾɹ̩] t-flapping
• [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈæ̝ɪ̯tʰəː] without t-flapping
• [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈæ̝ɪ̯ɾəː] t-flapping
• [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. Something or someone which creates or makes something.
   • Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, qualifier:social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.
   alt of content creator
   alt of someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media
   • 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:
   • creator economy
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
3. (capitalized, sometimes) The deity that created the world.
4. A player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker.
   • There have been times this season when it seemed Liverpool were trying to reinvent Salah, the scorer supreme, as a creator and this was a sudden reminder of his greatest strength. 2022 October 13, Richard Jolly, “Record-breaker Mohamed Salah delivers timely reminder of his greatest strength ahead of clash with champions”, in Independent.ie:
   • 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:
   • As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator. 2022 October 19, Andre Snellings, “Fantasy basketball: Why Jalen Brunson can be even better in New York”, in ESPN:

Forms

Coordinates

influencer

Deriveds

creatress · noncreator · creatorhood · miscreator · cocreator · creatorlike · anticreator · creatorship · subcreator · job creator · creatorless

Relateds

creationally · procreate · creation · creational · creative · creationary · creature · recreation · maker · create · recreate · creatrix · creationarily

Translations (217)

de Weltschöpfer (the deity that created the world) · de Erschaffer (one who creates) · kmr afirîner (one who creates) · dsb stwóŕc (one who creates) · bg творе́ц (one who creates) · wyi Bunjil (the deity that created the world) · cy crëwr (one who creates) · tl Tagapaglalang (the deity that created the world) · uk ство́рювач (one who creates) · fa خالِق (the deity that created the world) · de Kreateur (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · gl creador (one who creates) · izh looja (one who creates) · ja 造物主 (the deity that created the world) · uz yaratuvchi (one who creates) · fr créatrice (one who creates) · fi Luoja (the deity that created the world) · ro creatoare (one who creates) · lv radītājs (one who creates) · nl maakster (one who creates) · fi luoja (the deity that created the world) · sk stvoriteľ (one who creates) · nl maker (one who creates) · it ideatrice (one who creates) · de Verfasserin (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · hi रचयिता (one who creates) · cmn 造物主 (the deity that created the world) · ckb دروستکار (one who creates) · it inventore (one who creates) · ur خالِق (one who creates) · bg създа́тел (one who creates) · hsb twórc (one who creates) · fi luoja (one who creates) · ja クリエイター (one who creates) · got 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐍃 (the deity that created the world) · nl schepster (one who creates) · id kreator (one who creates) · sh ствараоц (one who creates) · vo hijafan (one who creates) · mi kaihanga (one who creates) · nl Schepper (the deity that created the world) · la conditrīx (one who creates) · ml സ്രഷ്ടാവ് (the deity that created the world) · uz ijodkor (one who creates) · mn бүтээгч (one who creates) · ug ياراتقۇچى (one who creates) · cs tvůrce (one who creates) · de Verfasser (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · mi kaiwaihanga (one who creates) · de Autor (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · hi निर्माता (one who creates) · be ствара́льніца (one who creates) · sh stvaratèljica (one who creates) · sco makar (one who creates) · de Schöpferin (one who creates) · hsb tworićel (one who creates) · de Schöpfergott (the deity that created the world) · es creadora (one who creates) · mk создателка (one who creates) · sh ства̀ралац (one who creates) · uk твори́тель (the deity that created the world) · ml സ്രഷ്ടാവ് (one who creates) · tg офаридгор (the deity that created the world) · vi người sáng tạo (one who creates) · fi sisällönluoja (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · pro creator (one who creates) · bg създа́телка (one who creates) · be тварэ́ц (the deity that created the world) · cs tvůrkyně (one who creates) · pt criador (one who creates) · sh tvórac (one who creates) · vo jijafan (one who creates) · uk творе́ць (the deity that created the world) · it creatrice (one who creates) · uk творе́ць (one who creates) · tl Tagapaglikha (the deity that created the world) · mk создател (one who creates) · nb skaper (one who creates) · he יוצר \ יוֹצֵר (one who creates) · cmn 創作者 /创作者 (one who creates) · ar مُبْدِع (one who creates) · fa-ira خالِق (one who creates) · kk жасаушы (one who creates) · de Erschafferin (one who creates) · ro creator (one who creates) · de Schöpfer (one who creates) · zu umenzi (one who creates) · egy ir-w (one who creates) · bg създа́тел (the deity that created the world) · nn opphavsperson (one who creates) · tg холиқ (the deity that created the world) · sv skaperska (one who creates) · cjs пӱдӱрчи (one who creates) · sk tvorkyňa (one who creates) · tr yaratıcı (one who creates) · he יוצרת \ יוֹצֶרֶת (one who creates) · el δημιουργός (one who creates) · it creatore (one who creates) · sl ustvarjalka (one who creates) · de Autorin (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · sk stvoriteľka (one who creates) · nl schepper (one who creates) · de Schöpfer (the deity that created the world) · ja 創造者 (one who creates) · ang Sċieppend (the deity that created the world) · dsb stwóriśel (one who creates) · ang wyrhta (one who creates) · it creatore (the deity that created the world) · gd cruithear (one who creates) · vi tạo hoá (the deity that created the world) · vo Lemekal (the deity that created the world) · yi באַשאַפֿער (one who creates) · grc κτίστης (one who creates) · af skepper (the deity that created the world) · sh ство̀ритељ (one who creates) · hi विधाता (the deity that created the world) · yi בורא (the deity that created the world) · hy ստեղծող (one who creates) · de Urheber (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · ja 創造主 (one who creates) · de Urheberin (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · hu teremtő (one who creates) · de Ersteller (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · la creātrīx (one who creates) · lt kūrėja (one who creates) · mt ħallieq (one who creates) · pl twórca (one who creates) · vo Jafal (the deity that created the world) · ko 창조자 (one who creates) · fr créateur (the deity that created the world) · fr créateur (one who creates) · eo kreinto (one who creates) · pt criadora (one who creates) · ca creador (one who creates) · sh ства̀ратељ (one who creates) · sl ustvarjalec (one who creates) · gv crootagh (one who creates) · cs stvořitelka (one who creates) · it ideatore (one who creates) · la creātor (one who creates) · sq krijues (one who creates) · uk ство́рювачка (one who creates) · hu alkotó (one who creates) · sh stvòritelj (one who creates) · lo ຜູ້ສ້າງ (one who creates) · fa آفَریدِگار (the deity that created the world) · sl stvarnik (the deity that created the world) · ru созда́тельница (one who creates) · da skaber (one who creates) · sh stvaraoc (one who creates) · fro creator (one who creates) · sa कर्तृ (one who creates) · tg офаринанда (one who creates) · sh stvàratelj (one who creates) · sk tvorca (one who creates) · fa-ira سازَنْدِه (one who creates) · kk пәруардігер (the deity that created the world) · lt kūrėjas (one who creates) · vo jafan (one who creates) · ang wyrhte (one who creates) · grc κτίστης (the deity that created the world) · kmr çêker (one who creates) · fa-ira آفَرینَنْدِه (one who creates) · be ствара́льнік (one who creates) · vi tạo vật chủ (the deity that created the world) · nl creator (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · pam Talalalang (the deity that created the world) · ga cruthaitheoir (one who creates) · sh стваратѐљица (one who creates) · id pencipta (one who creates) · ky жасоочу (one who creates) · pdt Schepfa (one who creates) · ru творе́ц (the deity that created the world) · mi kaiwhaihanga (one who creates) · th ผู้สร้าง (one who creates) · fa کَروگَر (the deity that created the world) · yi באַשעפֿער (one who creates) · es creador (one who creates) · ja 創作者 (one who creates) · az yaradıcı (one who creates) · cs stvořitel (one who creates) · bg творе́ц (the deity that created the world) · ur خالِق (the deity that created the world) · sv skapare (one who creates) · ca creadora (one who creates) · ar خَالِق (the deity that created the world) · ru созда́тель (one who creates) · pl twórczyni (one who creates) · et looja (one who creates) · sv skapare (the deity that created the world) · cjs пӱдӱрчи (the deity that created the world) · nb opphavsperson (one who creates) · ru созда́тель (the deity that created the world) · sh stvàralac (one who creates) · sh тво́рац (one who creates) · pt Criador (the deity that created the world) · hy արարիչ (one who creates) · he בורא \ בּוֹרֵא (one who creates) · la conditor (one who creates) · be тварэ́ц (one who creates) · ko 조물주 (the deity that created the world) · af skepper (one who creates) · nl schepper (the deity that created the world) · gl creadora (one who creates) · nn skapar (one who creates) · ru творе́ц (one who creates) · ja 作り主 (the deity that created the world) · ka შემქმნელი (one who creates) · mk творец (one who creates) · de Erstellerin (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · vo jafel (one who creates) · de Kreateurin (one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator) · eo kreintino (one who creates) · az yaradan (one who creates) · tg созанда (one who creates) · it inventrice (one who creates) · ps خالق (the deity that created the world)