originators
Those who began
Originators are people who create, initiate, or bring something into being.
The term emphasizes being first—the originator of an idea conceived it before others developed or spread it: The originators of the scheme have long since moved on.
In finance, loan originators are the institutions or individuals who create and process new loans.
Those who begin institutions
- inventorsCreators of new devices
- architectsBuilding design professionals
- designersThose who plan appearances
- developersThose who create software
authors · makers · producers · composers · visionaries · initiators · establishers · craftsmen
Those who open territory
- forerunnersThose preceding others
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- vanguardsLeaders of new movements
trendsetters · revolutionaries · avant-garde · precursors · innovators · early adopters · first movers · disruptors
Point of creation
- beginningInitial stage of something
- sourcePoint of origin
- birthComing into the world
- creationMaking something exist
foundation · starting point · wellspring · fountainhead · seedbed · birthplace · cradle · spark
Original ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- patriarchsMale ancestral leaders
matriarchs · antecedents · predecessors · lineage · bloodline · pedigree · genealogy · family tree
founders
Those who begin institutions
- inventorsCreators of new devices
- architectsBuilding design professionals
- designersThose who plan appearances
developers · authors · makers · producers · composers · visionaries · initiators · establishers · craftsmen · planners
trailblazers
Those who open territory
- forerunnersThose preceding others
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
vanguards · trendsetters · revolutionaries · avant-garde · precursors · innovators · early adopters · first movers · disruptors · mavericks
genesis
Point of creation
creation · foundation · starting point · wellspring · fountainhead · seedbed · birthplace · cradle · spark · impetus
progenitors
Original ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
patriarchs · matriarchs · antecedents · predecessors · lineage · bloodline · pedigree · genealogy · family tree · descent
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- foundersfounders, founder, co-founders, cofounders, co-founder
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, forerunners
- creative rolescreators, designers, innovators, inventors, dreamers
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- intelligentsiaintellectuals, professors, intelligentsia, academics, philosophers
originatorsfollowers
People who support someone
imitators · copiers · copyists · plagiarists · mimics
originatorssuccessors
Those who follow after
inheritors · heirs · perpetuators · descendants · latecomers
originatorsterminators
Those that end something
enders · destroyers · abolishers · finishers · heirs