B2nountechnologyscience
US/ɪnˈven.tər/
UK/ɪnˈven.tə/
a person who designs or creates something new that did not exist before
In context
The young inventor built a cheap water filter for villages in the Mekong Delta.
Thomas Edison is often called the inventor of the light bulb.
Inventors need patents to stop others copying their ideas.
Words that go with inventor
noun + preposition
- inventor ofThe inventor of the app was only nineteen years old.
adjective + noun
- young inventorThe competition gives prizes to young inventors from across Asia.
- famous inventorThe museum has a room about famous inventors and their machines.
- amateur inventorAn amateur inventor came up with a smarter rice cooker in his garage.
- prolific inventorHe was a prolific inventor who held more than forty patents.