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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : verb ih-nish-ee-eyt; adjective, noun ih-nish-ee-it, -eyt |
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; adjective, noun ɪˈnɪʃ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt |
Definition of initiator
Origin :- "one who has been initiated," 1811, from past participle adjective initiate (c.1600); see initiate (v.).
- As in originator : noun creator
- As in starter : noun beginner
- As in trendsetter : noun leader
- As in creator : noun inventor; god
- As in aggressor : noun attacker
- As in father/mother : noun founder, inventor
- As in forerunner : noun messenger, herald
- As in founder : noun person who establishes an institution
- As in fountainhead : noun principal source; person who originates
- The man may be the initiator in action, but the woman is initiator in emotion.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- He became thus, in later years, the initiator of the Peking-Hankow railway.
- Extract from : « Belgium » by Emile Cammaerts
- And in this respect he was again an initiator in Florentine art.
- Extract from : « Filippo Lippi » by Paul G. Konody
- I do not know who was the initiator of the movement or in what country it was first apparent.
- Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway
- Plato, therefore, is the founder and initiator of all idealism.
- Extract from : « A Critical History of Greek Philosophy » by W. T. Stace
- Guru—spiritual preceptor, initiator into learning or a faith.
- Extract from : « Chaitanya's Life And Teachings » by Krishna das Kaviraja
- "That oligarchy must also in its end be overthrown," continued the initiator.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
- At the great exhibition at Paris one saw both master and scholars; or it would be better to say, the initiator and the imitators.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Dupr » by Giovanni Dupr
- Again and again Fra Filippo acts as initiator and sets the fashion for whole generations of artists.
- Extract from : « Filippo Lippi » by Paul G. Konody
- He saw it come in powerfully with Mr. Flack, after Miss Dosson had proposed they should walk off without their initiator.
- Extract from : « The Reverberator » by Henry James
Synonyms for initiator
- administrator
- advertiser
- advocate
- ancestor
- announcer
- architect
- assailant
- author
- begetter
- beginner
- benefactor
- brain
- builder
- constructor
- creator
- dean
- deity
- designer
- discoverer
- elder
- encourager
- envoy
- establisher
- father
- forebearer
- foregoer
- founder
- fount
- fountain
- framer
- generator
- harbinger
- initiator
- innovator
- instigator
- institutor
- introducer
- intruder
- invader
- inventor
- leader
- maker
- mastermind
- matriarch
- mother
- motor
- mover
- opener
- organizer
- originator
- pacesetter
- patriarch
- patron
- pioneer
- planner
- precursor
- prime mover
- producer
- progenitor
- prognostic
- promoter
- promulgator
- prototype
- provoker
- publisher
- raider
- sire
- sponsor
- spring
- stylist
- supporter
- trailblazer
- trespasser
- wellspring
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