initiator

Questions about initiator

What does initiator mean?

initiator means "a person who initiates a course of action".

How many syllables are in initiator?

initiator has 5 syllables: in-i-ti-a-tor. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˌɪnɪˈʃieɪtɚ/.

What is another word for initiator?

Close synonyms include instigator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is initiator a common word?

initiator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.