What does innovator mean?
Word: Innovator
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Innovator means a person who brings in new ideas, methods or inventions.
Synonyms: pioneer, trailblazer
How do you spell innovator?
Syllables: in - no - va - tor
Tricky part: There are two n's at the start, one from in and one that begins the next part; the word is often written inovator.
Watch out for: inovator, innevator
Memory tip: Start with in, then add the n of new: in + n gives the double n at the front of innovator.
Innovator in a sentence
Example 1: Our science teacher calls Kalpana an innovator because she built a solar cooker from old boxes.
Example 2: The company hires young innovators to design cheaper water filters.
Example 3: Grandpa says the village blacksmith was a real innovator.
Fun Fact
In the 1500s and 1600s, calling someone an innovator was usually a complaint, because many people distrusted change.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
inno_a_or
a) b, t
b) w, t
c) v, t
d) v, d
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c) v, t. Innovator comes from innovate, so it keeps the v and the t of that verb.
Word Makeup
Only one of these words drops its final e and takes the suffix or to name a person. Choose it.
or
a) write
b) innovate
c) dance
d) bake
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b) innovate. Innovate becomes innovator; bake, write and dance take er instead: baker, writer, dancer.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word innovator as used in the sentence:
Dr Verghese Kurien was an innovator who changed the way India's dairy farmers sold their milk.
a) developer
b) inventor
c) creator
d) traditionalist
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d) traditionalist. A traditionalist sticks to the old ways, while an innovator brings in new ones.
Spell-o-Spell
Find the correctly spelt word in the list and choose its meaning.
1. innovator 2. scientest 3. architekt 4. enginear
a) a person who designs machines, roads or bridges
b) a person who designs buildings
c) a person who brings in new ideas or methods
d) a person who studies or works in science
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c) a person who brings in new ideas or methods. Scientist ends in ist, engineer ends in eer, and architect has a c before the t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The farmer most clearly acting as an innovator is the one who ____.
a) sells his crop at the usual market
b) invents a cheaper way to water crops
c) grows rice just as his grandfather did
d) hires extra workers at harvest
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b) invents a cheaper way to water crops
2. Innovator comes from Latin novus, new. Which of these words shares that root?
a) notice
b) navigate
c) novelty
d) nominate
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c) novelty
