Who was the inventor of the radio?
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Inventor
//ɪnˈvɛntɚ//
Synonyms for "inventor" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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3 entriescapable of
7 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- εὑρετής noun (one who invents)
- καινουργός noun (one who invents)
- ἐπινοητής noun (one who invents)
Arabic
2 entries- مُبْتَكِر noun (one who invents)
- مُخْتَرِع noun (one who invents)
Armenian
1 entries- գյուտարար noun (one who invents)
Belarusian
2 entries- вынахо́днік noun (one who invents)
- вынахо́дніца noun (one who invents)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изобрета́тел noun (one who invents)
- откривател noun (one who invents)
Catalan
2 entries- inventor noun (one who invents)
- inventora noun (one who invents)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發明家 /发明家 noun (one who invents)
Czech
1 entries- vynálezce noun (one who invents)
Danish
1 entries- opfinder noun (one who invents)
Dutch
1 entries- uitvinder noun (one who invents)
Esperanto
2 entries- inventistino noun (one who invents)
- inventisto noun (one who invents)
Estonian
2 entries- leidur noun (one who invents)
- leiutaja noun (one who invents)
Finnish
1 entries- keksijä noun (one who invents)
French
2 entries- inventeur noun (one who invents)
- inventrice noun (one who invents)
Galician
1 entries- inventor noun (one who invents)
German
2 entries- Erfinder noun (one who invents)
- Erfinderin noun (one who invents)
Greek
2 entries- εφευρέτης noun (one who invents)
- εφευρέτρια noun (one who invents)
Hungarian
1 entries- feltaláló noun (one who invents)
Irish
1 entries- aireagóir noun (one who invents)
Italian
3 entries- ideatore noun (one who invents)
- inventore noun (one who invents)
- inventrice noun (one who invents)
Japanese
1 entries- 発明者 noun (one who invents)
Kazakh
1 entries- өнертапқыш noun (one who invents)
Korean
2 entries- 발명가 noun (one who invents)
- 발명자 noun (one who invents)
Latin
3 entries- inventor noun (one who invents)
- inventrix noun (one who invents)
- repertor noun (one who invents)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išradėjas noun (one who invents)
Mongolian
2 entries- зохион бүтээгч noun (one who invents)
- ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ noun (one who invents)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppfinner noun (one who invents)
Persian
1 entries- مخترع noun (one who invents)
Polish
2 entries- wynalazca noun (one who invents)
- wynalazczyni noun (one who invents)
Portuguese
2 entries- inventor noun (one who invents)
- inventora noun (one who invents)
Russian
3 entries- зате́йник noun (one who invents)
- изобрета́тель noun (one who invents)
- изобрета́тельница noun (one who invents)
Spanish
3 entries- inventor noun (one who invents)
- inventora noun (one who invents)
- inventriz noun (one who invents)
Swedish
1 entries- uppfinnare noun (one who invents)
Thai
1 entries- นักประดิษฐ์ noun (one who invents)
Turkish
1 entries- mucit noun (one who invents)
Ukrainian
2 entries- винахі́дник noun (one who invents)
- винахі́дниця noun (one who invents)
Uyghur
1 entries- كەشپىياتچى noun (one who invents)
Volapük
3 entries- datuvan noun (one who invents)
- hidatuvan noun (one who invents)
- jidatuvan noun (one who invents)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The inventor is known all over the world.
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B. Franklin was an American statesman and inventor.
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We all regard Thomas Edison as a great inventor.
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