creator

See also: Creator

English

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Alternative forms

• creatour (obsolete)

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).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹiːˈeɪtə/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

creator (plural creators)

1. Something or someone which creates or makes something.

   Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

2. (social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

   Coordinate term: influencer

   creator economy

   • 2021 May 4, Taylor Lorenz, “Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian‎:

     The video shows TikTok creator Harrison Pawluk approaching the woman, Maree, in a public shopping centre.

   • 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:

     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 September 11, Amelia Gentleman, “Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe’s biggest pornography conference”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

3. (religion, sometimes capitalized) The deity that created the world.
4. (sports) A player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker.
   • 2019 July 3, Andrea Canales, Jonathan Tannenwald, “Pulisic, McKennie show plenty of promise for U.S. in Gold Cup”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer‎:

     Hernández is not a creator and suffered from a lack of service in previous seasons.

   • 2022 October 13, Richard Jolly, “Record-breaker Mohamed Salah delivers timely reminder of his greatest strength ahead of clash with champions”, in Independent.ie‎:

     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 19, Andre Snellings, “Fantasy basketball: Why Jalen Brunson can be even better in New York”, in ESPN‎:

     As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator.

Usage notes

• Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity. creator is usually used of female creators as well, the feminine forms are rarer.
• Due to the prevalence of sense 2, the use of sense 1 can sometimes be seen as denigrating, for example where specific terms such as author or director could be used instead.

Derived terms

• anticreator
• cocreator
• creatorhood
• creatorless
• creatorlike
• creatorship
• job creator
• miscreator
• noncreator
• subcreator

Related terms

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

Translations

one who creates

Afrikaans: skepper (af) Albanian: krijues (sq) m Arabic: مُبْدِع m (mubdiʕ) Armenian: ստեղծող (steġcoġ), արարիչ (hy) (araričʻ) Azerbaijani: yaradan (az), yaradıcı Belarusian: ствара́льнік m (stvarálʹnik), ствара́льніца f (stvarálʹnica), тварэ́ц m (tvaréc) Bulgarian: създа́тел (bg) m (sǎzdátel), създа́телка f (sǎzdátelka), творе́ц (bg) m (tvoréc) Catalan: creador (ca) m, creadora (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 創作者 / 创作者 (zh) (chuàngzuòzhě) Czech: tvůrce (cs) m, tvůrkyně (cs) f, stvořitel m, stvořitelka f Danish: skaber c Dutch: maker (nl) m, maakster (nl) f, schepper (nl) m, schepster f Egyptian: (jrw) Esperanto: kreinto, kreintino (female) Estonian: looja (et) Finnish: luoja (fi) French: créateur (fr) m, créatrice (fr) f Old French: creator m Galician: creador (gl) m, creadora f Georgian: შემქმნელი (šemkmneli) German: Schöpfer (de) m, Schöpferin (de) f, Erschaffer m, Erschafferin f Greek: δημιουργός (el) m or f (dimiourgós) Ancient: κτίστης m (ktístēs) Hebrew: יוצר \ יוֹצֵר (he) m (yotsér), יוצרת \ יוֹצֶרֶת f (yotséret) (God or a human being), בורא \ בּוֹרֵא m (boré) (who creates from nothing; God) Hindi: निर्माता (hi) m (nirmātā), रचयिता (hi) m (racyitā) Hungarian: teremtő (hu), alkotó (hu) Indonesian: kreator (id), pencipta (id) Ingrian: looja Irish: cruthaitheoir m Italian: creatore (it) m, creatrice f, inventore (it) m, inventrice f, ideatore (it) m, ideatrice (it) f Japanese: 創造主 (そうぞうしゅ, sōzōshu), 創造者 (ja) (そうぞうしゃ, sōzōsha), クリエイター (ja) (kurieitā), 創作者 (そうさくしゃ, sōsakusha) Kazakh: жасаушы (jasauşy) Korean: 창조자(創造者) (ko) (changjoja) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دروستکار (drustkar) Northern Kurdish: afirîner (ku), çêker (ku) Kyrgyz: жасоочу (ky) (jasoocu) Lao: ຜູ້ສ້າງ (phū sāng) Latin: creātor m, creātrīx f, conditor m, conditrīx f Latvian: radītājs m Lithuanian: kūrėjas m, kūrėja f Macedonian: творец m (tvorec), создател m (sozdatel), создателка f (sozdatelka) Malayalam: സ്രഷ്ടാവ് (ml) (sraṣṭāvŭ) Manx: crootagh m Maori: kaihanga, kaiwaihanga (mi), kaiwhaihanga Mongolian: Cyrillic: бүтээгч (mn) (büteegč) Norwegian: Bokmål: skaper m, opphavsperson m Nynorsk: skapar m, opphavsperson m Old English: wyrhta m, wyrhte f Old Occitan: creator Persian: Iranian Persian: آفَرینَنْدِه (âfarinande), سازَنْدِه (sâzande), خالِق (xâleġ) Plautdietsch: Schepfa m Polish: twórca (pl) m, twórczyni (pl) f Portuguese: criador (pt) m, criadora (pt) f Romanian: creator (ro) m, creatoare (ro) f Russian: созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), созда́тельница (ru) f (sozdátelʹnica), творе́ц (ru) m (tvoréc) Sanskrit: कर्तृ (sa) m or f or n (kartṛ) Scots: makar Scottish Gaelic: cruithear m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тво́рац m, ство̀ритељ m, ства̀ралац m, ствараоц m, ства̀ратељ m, стваратѐљица f Roman: tvórac (sh) m, stvòritelj (sh) m, stvàralac (sh) m, stvaraoc m, stvàratelj (sh) m, stvaratèljica (sh) f Shor: пӱдӱрчи (püdürçi) Slovak: tvorca m, tvorkyňa f, stvoriteľ m, stvoriteľka f Slovene: ustvarjalec m, ustvarjalka f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: stwóŕc m, stwóriśel m Upper Sorbian: tworićel m, twórc m Spanish: creador (es) m, creadora (es) f Swedish: skapare (sv) c, skaperska c (female) Tajik: офаринанда (ofarinanda), созанда (sozanda) Thai: ผู้สร้าง (pûu-sâang) Turkish: yaratıcı (tr) Ukrainian: творе́ць (uk) m (tvorécʹ), ство́рювач m (stvórjuvač), ство́рювачка f (stvórjuvačka) Urdu: خالِق m (xāliq) Uyghur: ياراتقۇچى (yaratquchi) Uzbek: yaratuvchi (uz), ijodkor (uz) Vietnamese: người sáng tạo Volapük: jafan (vo), hijafan (male), jijafan f (female), jafel (older term) Welsh: crëwr (cy) m Yiddish: באַשעפֿער m (bashefer), באַשאַפֿער m (bashafer) Zulu: umenzi class 1/2

one who regularly produces and publishes content on social media — see also content creator

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: creator (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: sisällönluoja French: please add this translation if you can German: Kreateur m, Kreateurin f, Ersteller m, Erstellerin f, Verfasser (de) m, Verfasserin (de) f, Urheber (de) m, Urheberin (de) f, Autor (de) m, Autorin (de) f Greek: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can

the deity that created the world

Afrikaans: skepper (af) Arabic: خَالِق m (ḵāliq) Belarusian: тварэ́ц m (tvaréc) Bulgarian: създа́тел (bg) m (sǎzdátel), творе́ц (bg) m (tvoréc) Chinese: Mandarin: 造物主 (zh) (zàowùzhǔ) Dutch: schepper (nl) m, Schepper (nl) m Finnish: Luoja (fi), luoja (fi) French: créateur (fr) m German: Schöpfer (de) m, Schöpfergott (de) m, Weltschöpfer m Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐍃 m (skaps) Greek: Ancient: κτίστης m (ktístēs) Hindi: विधाता (hi) m (vidhātā) Italian: creatore (it) Japanese: 造物主 (ja) (ぞうぶつしゅ, zōbutsushu), 作り主 (つくりぬし, tsukurinushi) Kapampangan: Talalalang Kazakh: пәруардігер (päruardıger) Korean: 조물주(造物主) (ko) (jomulju) Malayalam: സ്രഷ്ടാവ് (ml) (sraṣṭāvŭ) Old English: Sċieppend m Pashto: خالق (ps) m (xāleq) Persian: خالِق (fa) (xâleq), آفَریدِگار (fa) (âfaridegâr), کَروگَر (karugar) Portuguese: Criador (pt) m Russian: созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), творе́ц (ru) m (tvoréc) Shor: пӱдӱрчи (püdürçi) Slovene: stvarnik m Swedish: skapare (sv) c Tagalog: Tagapaglikha, Tagapaglalang Tajik: холиқ (xoliq), офаридгор (ofaridgor) Ukrainian: творе́ць (uk) m (tvorécʹ), твори́тель m (tvorýtelʹ) Urdu: خالِق m (xāliq) Vietnamese: tạo vật chủ (造物主), tạo hoá (vi) Volapük: Jafal (vo), Lemekal (vo) Woiwurrung: Bunjil Yiddish: בורא m (boyre)

See also

• maker

Anagrams

• Carreto, Cerrato, acroter, reactor

Latin

Etymology

From creō (“to create, make”) +‎ -tor. Compare Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kreˈaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kreˈaː.tor]

Noun

creātor m (genitive creātōris, feminine creātrīx); third declension

1. a creator, author, founder

   Synonyms: conditor, auctor

2. a person who elects or appoints to an office
3. the creator of the world; God

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	creātor	creātōrēs
genitive	creātōris	creātōrum
dative	creātōrī	creātōribus
accusative	creātōrem	creātōrēs
ablative	creātōre	creātōribus
vocative	creātor	creātōrēs

Derived terms

• creātrīx

Related terms

• creābilis
• creāmen
• creātiō
• creātūra

Descendants

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: criador
  • Asturian: criador
  • Extremaduran: criaor
  • Galician: criador
  • Portuguese: criador
  • Spanish: criador
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: creatore
  • Sicilian: criaturi
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: criador
  • Old Franco-Provençal: creares (nominative)
  • Old French: criere (nominative)
  • Old Occitan: creador
• Borrowed:
  • >? Albanian: krijues
  • → Aragonese: creyador
  • → Asturian: creador
  • → Catalan: creador
  • → Corsican: creatore
  • → English: creator
  • → French: créateur
    • → German: Kreateur
    • → Romanian: creator
  • → German: Kreator
  • → Leonese: creyador
  • → Spanish: creador

Verb

creātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of creō

References

• “creator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “creator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "creator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “creator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
    
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “creator”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1297

Old French

Noun

creator oblique singular, m (oblique plural creators, nominative singular creators, nominative plural creator)

1. alternative form of creatur

Romanian

Etymology

From French créateur, from Latin creātor. Equivalent to crea +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kre.aˈtor/

Adjective

creator m or n (feminine singular creatoare, masculine plural creatori, feminine/neuter plural creatoare)

1. creative

Declension

Declension of creator

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	creator		creatoare		creatori	creatoare
	definite	creatorul		creatoarea		creatorii	creatoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	creator		creatoare		creatori	creatoare
	definite	creatorului		creatoarei		creatorilor	creatoarelor

Noun

creator m (plural creatori)

1. creator (person who creates, who founds something)
2. (religion) God

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	creator	creatorul		creatori	creatorii
genitive-dative	creator	creatorului		creatori	creatorilor
vocative	creatorule			creatorilor

Further reading

• “creator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025