communicator

noun

com·​mu·​ni·​cat·​or kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tər 

: one that communicates something

Nor was Stroheim alone during the twenties in exploring the possibilities of the camera as communicator rather than manipulator.

—James Monaco

especially : a person who conveys information or knowledge to others

A true leader needs to be a good communicator.

Bluetooth is named for a 10th-century Danish king, Harald Bluetooth, a great communicator who united warring factions.

—Jessie Milligan

She tells me I'm a poor communicator, that I give out ambivalent signals.

—Blake Morrison

A patient representative is a listener, a communicator, and a catalyst for change from within the system.

—Barbara M. Swanson

Examples of communicator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Intuitive communicators get straight to the point without getting bogged down in details, Analytical communicators focus on logic and data, and Functional communicators rely on structured, step-by-step discussions. —Mark Murphy, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

Rights & Permissions Ripley Cleghorn is a science communicator and data visualization designer. —Ripley Cleghorn, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025

Brown is such a good communicator that Smart offered him a graduate-assistant position. —Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025

Besides that prodigious scientific output, Hawking was a prolific science communicator. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1550, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for communicator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• conciliator
• cooperator
• coordinator