inventor
Devises new things
An inventor is a person who creates something new—a device, method, or process that didn't exist before.
The term typically applies to practical or technical innovations: the inventor of the telephone, a prolific inventor with dozens of patents.
Unlike a discoverer, who finds what already exists, an inventor brings something into being.
First functional specimen
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- gadgetNovel small device
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
gizmo · apparatus · mechanism · machine · design · blueprint · schematic · model
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- makerOne who produces
- designerOne who plans appearances
- engineerTechnical design professional
- originatorOne who initiates
developer · fabricator · craftsman · builder · artificer · architect · founder · constructor
Prolific American inventor
- TeslaEV manufacturer and surname
- Da VinciTuscan Renaissance polymath
- EinsteinByword for genius
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
mastermind · polymath · visionary · savant · virtuoso · ingenious · brilliant · problem-solver
Legal rights over inventions
- USPTOFederal intellectual property agency
- applicationFormal request document
- claimsStatements of truth
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
prior art · infringement · license · royalty · disclosure · design patent · patent pending · patent holder
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- firstPosition number one
original · revolutionary · visionary · early adopter · uncharted territory · unprecedented · first-of-its-kind · game-changer
Discovery triumph cry
- discoveryAct of finding something
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
aha moment · serendipity · lightbulb moment · stroke of genius · proof of concept · working model · happy accident · persistence
prototype
First functional specimen
contraption · gizmo · apparatus · mechanism · machine · design · blueprint · schematic · model · proof of concept
tinkerer
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
originator · developer · fabricator · craftsman · builder · artificer · architect · founder · constructor · deviser
Edison
Prolific American inventor
prodigy · mastermind · polymath · visionary · savant · virtuoso · ingenious · brilliant · problem-solver · self-taught
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- USPTOFederal intellectual property agency
- applicationFormal request document
- claimsStatements of truth
specification · prior art · infringement · license · royalty · disclosure · design patent · patent pending · patent holder · patent troll
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
first · original · revolutionary · visionary · early adopter · uncharted territory · unprecedented · first-of-its-kind · game-changer · paradigm shift
eureka
Discovery triumph cry
- discoveryAct of finding something
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
revelation · aha moment · serendipity · lightbulb moment · stroke of genius · proof of concept · working model · happy accident · persistence · trial and error
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, maker
- creadoresartista, compositor, copywriter, editor, art director
- originatorsfounder, creator, innovator, pioneer, initiator
- public figurespolitician, celebrity, activist, journalist, pundit
- innovatorsinnovator, innovators, pioneers, pioneer, visionaries
inventorimitator
One who copies others
copycat · copier · mimic · duplicator · plagiarist
inventordestroyer
One that ruins completely
demolisher · wrecker · saboteur · vandal · annihilator
inventortraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conservative · preservationist · conformist · Luddite · conventionalist
- inventory controlOverseeing stored goods levels
- take inventoryCount and list supplies
- American inventorsU.S.-born creators of new things
- early inventionsFirst human-made tools and technologies
- modern inventionsRecently developed devices or concepts
- breakthrough inventionCreation marking major progress
invent, invention, invented, inventory, inventive, inventing, invents, inventions, inventiveness