locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 

lō-ˈkā-

variants or less commonly locater

: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)

Examples of locator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Customers can use the store locator tool to confirm hours for their local restaurant. —Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

Hernandez-Morales is currently being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, according to the ICE detainee locator. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025

Suri was being held at the Alexandria Staging Facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, awaiting an immigration hearing, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee locator. —Gary Grumbach, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025

A couple of locator pegs keep it properly positioned at the top of the motherboard tray on the opposite (inner) edge. —PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing locator

• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator

Rhymes for locator

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator
• relator

Kids Definition

locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor

variants also locater

ˈlō-ˌkāt-ər 

lō-ˈkāt-

: one that locates something (as a mining claim or the course of a road)