noun

• 1A person or thing that brings something into existence.

  ‘James Bond's creator Ian Fleming’

  More example sentences

  • ‘water—the creator of climate and weather’
  • ‘It is given life by the intent of its creator and is initially designed to fulfill a certain goal.’
  • ‘She appealed to creators worldwide to initiate exhibitions about this situation.’
  • ‘Are you one of the thousands of businesses who get stuck into the task of nurturing the next generation of wealth creators?’
  • ‘Many of those extracting new value from old content are not the original creators or rights-holders.’
  • ‘Artists and creators need to look back in their roots and past, and then create the future.’
  • ‘Well, as a creator and as an artist I am a creature overwhelmed by the creative process itself.’
  • ‘Just the existence of onerous copyright law has a chilling effect on creators.’
  • ‘Its political creators shared the same productivist vision, but had different ideas about the way to realize it.’
  • ‘The animated series and this movie were a labor of love for the creators that produced it.’
  • ‘It's obvious the original movie's creators had no clue as to how big a hit the first movie would become.’
  • ‘It tells you how the authors and creators can be contacted in case you have questions.’
  • ‘And it is inconceivable that this is what the original creators of copyright law had in mind.’
  • ‘It helps young creators and young dancers to understand in which way they can go forward.’
  • ‘How can one be both an artistic creator and a consummate trivialist at the same time?’
  • ‘People wouldn't pirate them in general, because people generally like to respect the rights of creators.’
  • ‘At its best journalism is passionate and compelling for its creators and its audiences.’
  • ‘That left it up to traditional comic creators to build a strong Internet presence.’
  • ‘I almost have this urge to send the creator of the programme a big box of chocolates!’
  • ‘Our bureaucracy revels in delays which retard growth and make life miserable for job creators.’
  • ‘Does this mean the creators of the character should have no rights?’

  Synonyms

  writer, author, composer, designer, deviser, maker, inventor, producer, developer

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  1. 1.1the CreatorUsed as a name for God.
     ‘It is a blasphemy against the very Creator of life who taught us to cherish and sanctify life.’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Since the worshipper accepts God as his Creator, the physical body thus already belongs to Him.’
     • ‘He should heartily submit to the Lord's will, worship the Creator and efface his self-conceit.’
     • ‘In Psalm 148, the psalmist speaks of all creation giving praise to God, their Creator.’
     • ‘It boils down to worshipping the creation and rejecting the Creator - and that is a big mistake.’
     • ‘Hence we find writers who have no difficulty in supposing both that God is the Creator and that the created world never had a beginning.’
     • ‘In the Bible, as we have seen, God is the Creator of the world, the source of its ongoing life.’
     • ‘To pray to our Creator to help in ways that only He can is what all of us should be doing with any spare moment we have!’
     • ‘The Qur'an says that it is a revelation from the Creator of all that exists.’
     • ‘My 5 daily prayers refresh me, keep me connected to my Creator and keep me focused on Him.’
     • ‘Instead we should give glory and honor to the Creator and return to the authority of His Word.’
     • ‘The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.’
     • ‘Christ will be the final judge on that last day, and only those who have believed in him as the Creator, Saviour and Judge will be saved.’
     • ‘Reason, conscience and common sense demand that there be a Creator.’
     • ‘In the end evil will be punished and everybody who rebels against the Creator will be judged.’
     • ‘The unity and perfection of creation taps us into the unity and perfection of the Creator.’
     • ‘Each and every one of us has been given tremendous potential for greatness by our Creator.’
     • ‘What Kabbalah teaches is that the Creator, when he created this world, actually gave us a guide book.’
     Synonyms

     God, the Lord, the Almighty, the Master of the Universe

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