INAUGURATOR Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

inaugurator

noun

Definition of inaugurator

as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the famed inaugurator of the assembly line in the production of automobiles

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Noun

The leading contributor, as my colleague Queenie Wong has reported, is Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who claims to have moved out of the state, which might enable him to avoid the tax.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Someone else wants a softer version of the founder’s hard lesson.

— Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of founder

Noun

Disney offered creators a wide variety of future opportunities, including set visits, press junkets and red carpet interviews with talent.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Deepfake memes grant a similar carte blanche to their creators, while introducing even pricklier questions about race and authenticity.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of creator

Noun

The trip marks the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe's father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
For Rukhsar Amrohi, who also calls Kumari Chhoti Ammi, the film is a token of the couple’s love, made by her father out of his love for Kumari.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of father

Noun

This realization has helped lead to the creation of a bench with life-size statues of 19th century author Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife Fanny Stevenson and their Irish setter cocker spaniel ChuChu.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The author argued that the unrest reflected deeper failures by France’s political establishment.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of author

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Yves Saint Laurent is often cited as the inventor of ready-to-wear through the launch in 1966 of his Rive Gauche collection.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
In return for this disclosure, inventors — and any companies that license the patents — receive a limited period of time where no rival is able to copy the discovery and sell it as their own.

— Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventor

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