Zamenhof, the initiator of Esperanto, is a benefactor of mankind!
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Initiator
Synonyms for "initiator" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُبَادِر noun (one who initiates)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təşəbbüskar noun (one who initiates)
Bulgarian
1 entries- инициатор noun (one who initiates)
Catalan
2 entries- iniciador noun (one who initiates)
- iniciadora noun (one who initiates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 创办者，发起人 noun (one who initiates)
Dutch
1 entries- initiator noun (one who initiates)
Finnish
4 entries- aloittaja noun (one who initiates)
- alullepanija noun (one who initiates)
- initiaattori noun (medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer)
- käynnistäjä noun (one who initiates)
French
2 entries- initiateur noun (one who initiates)
- initiatrice noun (one who initiates)
Georgian
2 entries- ინიციატორი noun (one who initiates)
- წამომწყები noun (one who initiates)
German
3 entries- Initiator noun (one who initiates)
- Initiator noun (chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization)
- Initiatorin noun (one who initiates)
Indonesian
3 entries- inisiator noun (one who initiates)
- pelopor noun (one who initiates)
- pemrakarsa noun (one who initiates)
Italian
2 entries- iniziatore noun (one who initiates)
- iniziatrice noun (one who initiates)
Japanese
1 entries- 言い出しっ屁 noun (one who initiates)
Malay
1 entries- pemula noun (one who initiates)
Russian
2 entries- инициа́тор noun (one who initiates)
- основополо́жник noun (one who initiates)
Spanish
2 entries- iniciador noun (one who initiates)
- iniciadora noun (one who initiates)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зачина́тель noun (one who initiates)
- зачина́телька noun (one who initiates)
- основополо́жник noun (one who initiates)
- основополо́жниця noun (one who initiates)
Sample sentences
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‘This, er, initiator of polonium and lithium, would it be used in an anti-personnel bomb?’ he asked. ‘Oh yes, you could say so, boyo,’ replied the Welshman. ‘An initiator, you see, is what sets off a nuke.’
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