noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).

   "He is a loan processor with a bank."

2. 2
   (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing wordnet
3. 3
   A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

   "The food processor shredded the vegetables."

4. 4
   a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market wordnet
5. 5
   A central processing unit.

   "This mainframe's processor is fast."

Show 2 more definitions

6. 6
   someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) wordnet
7. 7
   A microprocessor.

   "This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard."

Synonyms

All synonyms

central processing unitcpucentral processing unitc.p.u.central processorcomputer

Example

More examples

"The word processor on the desk is my father's."

Etymology

Recorded since 1909, from process + -or.

Related phrases

co-processorfloating point processorfront-end processormulti-processorprocessor timesingle-processorthird party processorcentral processing unitcomputer processorfood processor

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.